SARA ADAMS

Featured Roles Since Joining NYCB

George Balanchine
  • George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™ (Dolls, Flowers, and Marzipan)
Peter Martins
  • Sleeping Beauty (Vivacity)
  • Swan Lake (Princess)
christopher wheeldon
  • Liturgy

Originated corps roles in

  • Melissa Barak: A Simple Symphony and Call Me Ben
  • Justin Peck: Year of the Rabbit
  • Peter Martins: Ocean's Kingdom
  • Benjamin Millepied: Quasi Una Fantasia and Two Hearts
  • Alexei Ratmansky: Namouna, A Grand Divertissement
  • Christopher Wheeldon: Estancia

Sara Adams is a member of New York City Ballet’s corps de ballet. She was born in Dennis, Massachusetts, and began her dance training at the age of six at the Mid-Cape Ballet Academy. She later studied at the Boston Ballet School, before taking a summer course at the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet, during the summer of 2003. She enrolled as a full time student at SAB from 2003 to 2008. Ms. Adams became an apprentice with NYCB in June 2008 and became a member of the corps de ballet in September 2009.

honors

Ms. Adams was a recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award for Outstanding Promise in 2007.


Portrait © Paul Kolnik