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Sarah Chun

Dancers

Leading Soloist

Sarah is from Chicago, Illinois and trained at the Faubourg School of Ballet and The Joffrey Ballet Academy of Chicago. She previously danced with Oklahoma City Ballet and Kansas City Ballet. She has won awards placing second and third at the Youth America Grand Prix in Chicago. She joined Northern Ballet in 2016.

Sarah is sponsored by Bernard Eke.

Dancer in an orange dress leans back, she is held by a man in brown with his arms around her waist
Paris dressed in a masque and in black provides Juliet with balance by holding her raised arm as she stands en pointe with a leg extended behind her
Dancer in a white dress with black details standing on a stage on one foot, en pointe, and arms lifted to shoulder height.
Two dancers in a lift, one draped backwards with arms and legs outstretched while the other dancer lifts her and walks forward.
Two dancers, wearing umber and orange respectively, lean forward, one helping to balance the other as she stands arabeasque
Dancer wearing a light dress leaps gracefully high above the stage, the set of a ramshackle building behind her
Sarah Chun as Courtesan Emilie and Joseph Taylor as Valmont in Dangerous Liaisons. Photo Emma Kauldhar
Sat on the floor, two dancers hold each other, one is knelt and looks hopeful, the other seems to barely support himself and has a fearful expression
Two dancers underneath a lonely lamppost, dancing intimately in the weak light it casts
Morgan practices threateningly with her staff
Dana and Prince Adair dance, Dana looking coquettishly over her shoulder at Prince Adair

Learn more about Sarah...

Where were you born and raised?

Chicago, Illinois

At what age did you start dancing?

6 years old

Where did you train?

Northwest Ballet Academy, Faubourg School of Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet Academy of Chicago and summer intensives at Houston Ballet and Jacob's Pillow.

Previous companies

Oklahoma City Ballet and Kansas City Ballet.

Awards, nominations and prizes

Olivier Award Nominee in 'Outstanding Achievement in Dance' for Three Short Ballets at the Royal Opera House

Youth America Grand Prix Chicago 2nd place (Junior Division) (2007), Carey Rose Winski Competition 3rd place (2007), Youth America Grand Prix Chicago 3rd place (Junior Division) (2008), Carey Rose Winski Competition 1st place (2008), Youth America Grand Prix Chicago 3rd place (Senior Division) (2009), Carey Rose Winski Competition 1st place (2009).

Career/training highlights

Dancing Juliet in Christopher Gable CBE and Massimo Moricone's Romeo & Juliet, Zuziwe in Fools by Mthuthuzeli November and Couple 3 in Four Last Songs by Rudi Van Dantzig.

What do you like most about being a dancer?

Being a dancer gives me the blessing to express myself through art and movement.

What is your favourite book?

What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey.

What is your favourite post-show meal?

Anything with a nice protein.

How do you like to relax?

Yoga and a good podcast.

If you weren't a dancer what would you be?

I'd love to study Business Management.

Photos by Emily Nuttall, Emma Kauldhar and Riku Ito.