Born in San Francisco, California, Sarah Lane began her dance training in Memphis, Tennessee under the direction of Pat Gillespie at the Memphis Classical Ballet. When her family moved to Rochester, New York, she continued instruction with Timothy Draper and Jamey Leverett at the Draper Center for Dance Education. When Lane was 16, she received a full scholarship to the Boston Ballet's Summer Program. In 2000 and 2001, she was awarded first place and the Capezio Class Excellence Award at the North American Ballet Festival. Lane was the Silver Medalist, the highest medal in the Junior Division, at the Jackson International Ballet Competition and a Presidential Scholar in the Arts; YoungArts is the core program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. Lane was a recipient of a 2008 Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Arts. Ms. Lane is a 2007 Princess Grace Award recipient.
