Dancers from Ballet West in Taynuilt in the Western Highlands are to perform Swan Lake at seven venues around Scotland in January, February and March.  The 60- strong company will feature Sara Maria Smith who won a Genée medal for her portrayal of Black Swan. Also performing will be 2011 Genée finalist, Sarah Mortimer.

Sarah is 19-years old and comes from Maidstone, Kent.  She has spent the past three years at Ballet West studying for her BA in Classical Ballet and Dance Performance. She has toured with the Ballet West performing company in Scotland and in China, dancing the role of the Snow Queen through the tour of The Nutcracker in 2010 and Juliet in Cumbernauld and Whenzhou in 2011.

The Scottish tour of Swan Lake begins on 20 January in nearby Oban, and travels to Stirling, Musselburgh, Cumbernauld, Giffnock, Pitlochry, finishing in Greenock on 3 March.  The production will be on tour in China in early summer.

Source: Ballet West