Portrait of a Dancer Lauren Cuthbertson

The London Royal Ballet principal s triumph over nearcareer ending injury and pain Im interested in those physical sacrifices a ballet dancer has to make, says British director Andrew Margetson of his film starring Royal Ballet Principal Lauren Cuthbertson, the first in our three part collaborative series with the iconic London company. The fact that behind the sublime beauty and effortless grace of a prima ballerina is the inevitable pain, injury and physical damage that performing at this level entails.