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In 2000 at age 15, she joined the [[Royal Danish Ballet]] as an apprentice,<ref name = beaconhill>{{cite web|url = http://209.204.238.180/times_feature1.mv?20000620| title = Joy Street kid on center stage| author = Sophie Hayward| date = June 20, 2000| publisher = the Beacon Hill Times| quote = she’s planning to move to Copenhagen in August to pursue dance full time with the Royal Danish Ballet.}}</ref> where [[John Neumeier]] cast her as Juliet in his ''[[Romeo & Juliet (Neumeier)|Romeo & Juliet]]''. Soon after, she was promoted to the rank of corps dancer, one of the youngest corps dancer ever invited to the Royal Danish Ballet in its 200-year history.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} During her corps year, she re-created her role in ''Romeo & Juliet'' and originated a soloist role in [[Peter Martins]]’ ''[[Hallelujah Junction (ballet)|Hallelujah Junction]]''. Sarah joined San Francisco Ballet as a soloist dancer in 2002 and was promoted to the rank of principal dancer in 2007.<ref name=ballet.co>{{cite news|last=DeFord|first=Carla|title=Interview: Sarah Van Patten|url=http://www.ballet.co.uk/magazines/yr_09/nov09/interview_sarah_van_patten.htm|accessdate=5 May 2012|newspaper=Ballet Magazine|date=November 2009}}</ref> |
In 2000 at age 15, she joined the [[Royal Danish Ballet]] as an apprentice,<ref name = beaconhill>{{cite web|url = http://209.204.238.180/times_feature1.mv?20000620| title = Joy Street kid on center stage| author = Sophie Hayward| date = June 20, 2000| publisher = the Beacon Hill Times| quote = she’s planning to move to Copenhagen in August to pursue dance full time with the Royal Danish Ballet.}}</ref> where [[John Neumeier]] cast her as Juliet in his ''[[Romeo & Juliet (Neumeier)|Romeo & Juliet]]''. Soon after, she was promoted to the rank of corps dancer, one of the youngest corps dancer ever invited to the Royal Danish Ballet in its 200-year history.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} During her corps year, she re-created her role in ''Romeo & Juliet'' and originated a soloist role in [[Peter Martins]]’ ''[[Hallelujah Junction (ballet)|Hallelujah Junction]]''. Sarah joined San Francisco Ballet as a soloist dancer in 2002 and was promoted to the rank of principal dancer in 2007.<ref name=ballet.co>{{cite news|last=DeFord|first=Carla|title=Interview: Sarah Van Patten|url=http://www.ballet.co.uk/magazines/yr_09/nov09/interview_sarah_van_patten.htm|accessdate=5 May 2012|newspaper=Ballet Magazine|date=November 2009}}</ref> |
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While at San Francisco Ballet, she created roles in Caniparoli’s ''Double Stop''; Elo’s ''Double Evil''; Morris’ ''Joyride''; McGregor’s ''Borderlands''; Page’s ''Guide to Strange Places''; Ratmansky’s ''From Foreign Lands''; Tomasson’s ''The Fifth Season,'' ''Bagatelles'', and ''Trio''; and Wheeldon’s ''Within the Golden Hour,'' among others. |
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Sarah’s featured roles while at San Francisco Ballet include [[Helgi Tómasson (dancer)|Helgi Tomasson]]'s ''Nutcracker'' (Sugarplum Fairy, Tea), ''[[Nanna’s Lied]]'', ''Romeo & Juliet'', ''Swan Lake'', and ''[[The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)|The Sleeping Beauty]]''; [[George Balanchine]]'s ''[[The Four Temperaments (ballet)|The Four Temperaments]]'', ''[[Apollo (ballet)|Apollo]]'', ''[[Divertimento No. 15 (ballet)|Divertimento No. 15]]'' and ''[[Serenade (ballet)|Serenade]]''; [[Jerome Robbins]]' ''[[Rodeo (ballet)|Rodeo]]'', ''[[Dybbuk (ballet)|Dybbuk]]'' and ''[[Afternoon of a Faun (Robbins)|Afternoon of a Faun]]''; [[Mark Morris (choreographer)|Mark Morris]]' ''[[Sylvia (ballet)|Sylvia]]'' and [[Christopher Wheeldon]]'s ''[[Carousel (a Dance)]]''. |
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Sarah’s featured roles while at San Francisco Ballet include [[Helgi Tómasson (dancer)|Helgi Tomasson]]'s ''Nutcracker'', ''[[Nanna’s Lied]]'', ''Romeo & Juliet'', ''Swan Lake'', Don Quixote, and ''[[The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)|The Sleeping Beauty]]''; [[George Balanchine]]'s ''Allegro Brillante, Apollo,'' ''Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, Coppélia,'' “Diamonds,” ''Divertimento No. 15,'' “Emeralds,” ''The Four Temperaments'', ''Scotch Symphony, Serenade, Stravinsky Violin'' Concerto, ''Symphony in C'', ''Symphony in Three Movements,'' and ''Who Cares''; [[Jerome Robbins]]' ''[[Rodeo (ballet)|Rodeo]]'', ''[[Dybbuk (ballet)|Dybbuk, The Concert,]]'' Dances at a Gathering, ''Fancy Free, In the Night, and Opus 19/The Dreamer,'' and ''[[Afternoon of a Faun (Robbins)|Afternoon of a Faun]]''; [[Mark Morris (choreographer)|Mark Morris]]' ''[[Sylvia (ballet)|Sylvia]] and Joyride;'' [[Christopher Wheeldon]]'s ''[[Carousel (a Dance)]], Ghosts, Rush, and Quaternary, and Cinderella; John Neumeier's The Little Mermaid; Caniparoli’s Ibsen’s House, Lambarena, and No Other; Liang’s Symphonic Dances; Lifar’s Suite en Blanc; MacMillan’s Elite Syncopations and Winter Dreams; van Manen’s Variations for Two Couples; McGregor’s Chroma; de Mille’s Rodeo; Possokhov’s Firebird, Fusion, and Reflections; Nureyev’s Raymonda—Act III; Ratmansky’s Le Carnival des Animaux, Russian Seasons, Shostakovich Trilogy, and Souvenir d’un lieu cher; Tudor’s Jardin aux Lilas; Cranko’s Onegin; and Zanella’s Underskin.'' |
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She received Isadora Duncan Dance Awards in 2009 and 2012. |
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Sarah Van Patten | |
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| Born | 1984 (age 39–40) |
| Occupation | Principal |
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| Current group | San Francisco Ballet |
| Former groups | Royal Danish Ballet |
Sarah Van Patten (born 1984 in Boston) is a principal dancer[1] with the San Francisco Ballet. She trained at Boston Ballet and began performing at age 8 in their annual performance of The Nutcracker. By age 10, Sarah was studying with Jacqueline Cronsberg and performing classical ballet repertoire with the Massachusetts Youth Ballet. Sarah attended school at Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart and spent her summers studying with Jean-Pierre Bonnefeux, Violette Verdy, and Patricia McBride at the Chautauqua Institution.
In 2000 at age 15, she joined the Royal Danish Ballet as an apprentice,[2] where John Neumeier cast her as Juliet in his Romeo & Juliet. Soon after, she was promoted to the rank of corps dancer, one of the youngest corps dancer ever invited to the Royal Danish Ballet in its 200-year history.[citation needed] During her corps year, she re-created her role in Romeo & Juliet and originated a soloist role in Peter Martins’ Hallelujah Junction. Sarah joined San Francisco Ballet as a soloist dancer in 2002 and was promoted to the rank of principal dancer in 2007.[3]
While at San Francisco Ballet, she created roles in Caniparoli’s Double Stop; Elo’s Double Evil; Morris’ Joyride; McGregor’s Borderlands; Page’s Guide to Strange Places; Ratmansky’s From Foreign Lands; Tomasson’s The Fifth Season, Bagatelles, and Trio; and Wheeldon’s Within the Golden Hour, among others.
Sarah’s featured roles while at San Francisco Ballet include Helgi Tomasson's Nutcracker, Nanna’s Lied, Romeo & Juliet, Swan Lake, Don Quixote, and The Sleeping Beauty; George Balanchine's Allegro Brillante, Apollo, Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, Coppélia, “Diamonds,” Divertimento No. 15, “Emeralds,” The Four Temperaments, Scotch Symphony, Serenade, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Symphony in C, Symphony in Three Movements, and Who Cares; Jerome Robbins' Rodeo, Dybbuk, The Concert, Dances at a Gathering, Fancy Free, In the Night, and Opus 19/The Dreamer, and Afternoon of a Faun; Mark Morris' Sylvia and Joyride; Christopher Wheeldon's Carousel (a Dance), Ghosts, Rush, and Quaternary, and Cinderella; John Neumeier's The Little Mermaid; Caniparoli’s Ibsen’s House, Lambarena, and No Other; Liang’s Symphonic Dances; Lifar’s Suite en Blanc; MacMillan’s Elite Syncopations and Winter Dreams; van Manen’s Variations for Two Couples; McGregor’s Chroma; de Mille’s Rodeo; Possokhov’s Firebird, Fusion, and Reflections; Nureyev’s Raymonda—Act III; Ratmansky’s Le Carnival des Animaux, Russian Seasons, Shostakovich Trilogy, and Souvenir d’un lieu cher; Tudor’s Jardin aux Lilas; Cranko’s Onegin; and Zanella’s Underskin.
She received Isadora Duncan Dance Awards in 2009 and 2012.
References
- ^ Rachel Howard (March 24, 2007). "Footnotes: 24 March 2007". Footnotes. Archived from the original on 2008-03-03. Retrieved 2007-11-28.
...she (van Patten) and Rachel Viselli have just been promoted to principal (dancer)
- ^ Sophie Hayward (June 20, 2000). "Joy Street kid on center stage". the Beacon Hill Times.
she's planning to move to Copenhagen in August to pursue dance full time with the Royal Danish Ballet.
- ^ DeFord, Carla (November 2009). "Interview: Sarah Van Patten". Ballet Magazine. Retrieved 5 May 2012.