Sarah Lane

Sarah Lane born August 3 1984 is an American ballet dancer who was a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre ABT She served as a dance double for Natalie Portman in the 2010 film Black Swan Lane was born in San Francisco California She started training for dance at Classical Ballet Memphis in Memphis Tennessee Her family later moved to Rochester New York where she continued her training at the Draper Center for Dance Education At the age of 16 she attended the Boston Ballets Summer Program on a full scholarship At the North American Ballet Festival in 2000 and 2001 she won first place and received the Capezio Class Excellence Award In 2002 she received the highest medal in the Junior Division of the Jackson International Ballet Competition During that time she also performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC as a presidential scholar in the arts Also in 2002 she won the bronze medal at the Youth America Grand Prix Competition Lane joined American Ballet Theatre as an apprentice in August 2003 became a member of the companys corps de ballet in April 2004 Lane was the June 2007 cover model for Dance Magazine She was appointed a Soloist in August 2007 and was promoted to Principal Dancer in September 2017 Her promotion was announced following four successful role debuts the titular role in Giselle OdetteOdile in Swan Lake and a leading role in Souvenir dun lieu cher as part of ABTs 2017 season at the Metropolitan Opera House She also originated the role of Princess Praline in Whipped Cream The New York Times called Lanes debut in Giselle distinguished Her term with ABT ended in 2020