Sarah Lapointe

Sarah Lapointe was born in Bel Air, Maryland. At age two, she began her dance training in Baltimore, Maryland at Mid-Atlantic Center for the Performing Arts, under the direction of Kristin Hernandez and Shannon Torres. At age fifteen
, Sarah transferred to The Rock School for Dance Education to study as a Professional Division student on full scholarship under the direction of Bojan & Stephanie Spassoff. Sarah has been featured in many classical and contemporary roles with a variety of choreographers and répétiteurs. She has earned numerous top honors and awards for her ballet technique and artistry. Sarah attended many prestigious summer intensives to include Bolshoi Ballet Academy, The Rock School, and the selective Chautauqua School of Dance, where, in 2014, she was awarded with the Artistic Director Award for Overall Excellence and Faculty Award for Technical Merit. In 2015, Sarah was awarded the National YoungArts Foundation Winner in Ballet and was nominated as a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts semi-finalist. At age eighteen, Sarah joined Charlotte Ballet, where she is currently the youngest first company member, under Artistic Director Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and 2014 Kennedy Center honoree Patricia McBride. Additionally, her professional experience includes guest performances with The Washington Ballet, under Artistic Director Septime Webre, in the April 2015 history breaking performances of Swan Lake featuring Misty Copeland and Brooklyn Mack. Although Sarah currently focuses on ballet, she has diverse experiences in tap, jazz, modern, contemporary, hip-hop, choreography, and modeling.
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Sarah Lapointe

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