There are many stars and many stories in the ranks of The Royal Ballet. In this Sunday's Boston Globe, Karen Campbell covered one story with a distinctly Boston orientation. Sarah Lamb was born, raised and trained as a dancer in the Boston area. She danced all the way to the level of principal dancer at Boston Ballet - the "pinnacle" of success at the company she had known all her dancing life. Two years ago she left Boston for London's Royal Ballet. She returns to Boston and The Wang Theatre this week for two performances as Lescaut's Mistress (Thursday and Saturday night) in Kenneth MacMillan's Manon.
Here's an excerpt from Dancer's leap of faith has put her in Royal company:
"Less than two weeks ago, just after the curtain closed on her acclaimed series of performances as Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, Royal Ballet director Monica Mason made a dramatic onstage presentation promoting Lamb to principal dancer.
'It's really an incredible honor and great thrill,' Lamb said, 'because the Royal Ballet is one of the top companies in the world. I'm stunned at my good luck .'"
Full text of Karen Campbell's Boston Globe article.
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