Sarah Van Patten
Sarah Van Patten | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1984 (age 39–40) |
| Occupation | Principal |
| Career | |
| 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, Van Patten was studying with Jacqueline Cronsberg and performing classical ballet repertoire with the Massachusetts Youth Ballet. Van Patten 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 and 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. Van Patten joined San Francisco Ballet as a soloist dancer in 2002 and was promoted to the rank of principal dancer in 2007.[3]
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.