We revisited some of Pointe‘s past cover stars for their take on how life—and ballet—has changed. Sarah Lamb, December 2007/January 2008 Then: Principal, The Royal Ballet Now: Principal, The Royal Ballet On being a Pointe cover star: “I was very flattered. It was a pivotal time in my career. I had just been promoted to principal, […]
In Wayne McGregor’s high-octane Chroma, The Royal Ballet’s Sarah Lamb finds meditative stillness. As told to Laura Cappelle Chroma was the first ballet I worked on with Wayne McGregor, and it was like embarking on a relationship for the first time. There’s a heightened energy, an expectation and also the desire to be a vehicle […]
The May, 2015 premiere of Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works was part of a recent resurgence in narrative and semi-narrative ballets deriving inspiration from works of literature. In this video by Malcolm Venville for Nowness’ Portrait of a Dancer series, we see Royal Ballet principal Sarah Lamb performing McGregor’s choreography from Woolf Works, overlaid with the […]
This story originally appeared in the April/May 2015 issue of Pointe. What qualities do you admire most in other dancers? When you watch someone and have absolutely no worries. Even if something terrible happens, you know they’re going to get out of it, in the best way imaginable. You really trust them. I would love […]
This weekend, British paper The Guardian ran an excellent profile of lovely Royal Ballet principal Sarah Lamb. While the piece includes discussion of several standard-issue (albeit perennially fascinating) topics—including her preparation for the upcoming Giselle and her work with mentor Tatiana Legat—there are also a few surprises. Perhaps most interesting is Lamb’s answer to some […]
Act III of The Sleeping Beauty celebrates the resolution of Princess Aurora’s dramatic curse with her wedding to Prince Florimund, with a cast of fairytale characters in attendance. Two of the most notable are Bluebird and Princess Florine, who dance a call-and-response pas de deux to Tchaikovsky’s sprightly music. The Royal Ballet’s Sarah Lamb easily masters Princess […]
Steven McRae seemingly had an effortless rise to stardom. After winning the Prix de Lausanne in 2003, he graduated from the Royal Ballet School into their main company in 2004 and was promoted to principal dancer only five years later, in 2009. But after McRae ruptured his Achilles tendon onstage during a performance of Manon in […]
This summer, July 3–7, The Royal Ballet will make its debut at Jacob’s Pillow. The Pillow, located in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, hosts the longest-running international dance festival in the U.S. For its first-ever run there, The Royal will be showcasing a number of ballets by Wayne McGregor, Christopher Wheeldon, and Pam Tanowitz; heritage […]