2016-04-08 / Society
Columbian emerges as America’s ballerina
Sara Mearns dances Balanchine in upcoming USC gala
Sara Mearns, all grown up yet the same little girl who began dance classes at age three with Ann Brodie and the Calvert-Brodie School of Dance, has been christened— by the ballet media—America’s ballerina. New York City Ballet’s principal dancer finds the attribution humbling. “I hope I can live up to it,” said Mearns, responding from New York.