ERICA LALL
Erica Lall was born and raised in Cypress, Texas and began her ballet training at the Houston Ballet Ben Stevenson Academy in 2006. Lall was an ABT National Training Scholar from 2012-2013. She received the Houston Ballet Academy Award in 2013 and was the first recipient of the Josephine Premice Fales Award/ABT Project Plié Scholarship from 2013-2015.
Lall joined the ABT Studio Company in September 2014, and joined American Ballet Theatre as an apprentice in December 2015 and became a member of the corps de ballet in May 2016. She is known for her mastery of a wide range of dance forms, having acute musical sensitivity, being an expressive actress and having powerful jumps. Her repertoire includes a Porcelain Princess in Aurora’s Wedding, Adèle in Jane Eyre, Little Red Riding Hood in Alexei Ratmansky’s Sleeping Beauty, Cygnette (Little Swans), Itallian Princess, Little Swan and featured Aristocrat in Kevin McKenzie’s Swan Lake, and featured roles in Marcelo Gomes’ AfterEffect, Michelle Dorrance’s Praedicere and Dream within a Dream (deferred) and Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room.
Erica is an American Ballet Theatre certified National Training Curriculum instructor and has taught master classes from beginners to Dance Majors at the college level. She mentors young dancers, especially minority students and those from disadvantaged communities. She has modeled and done commercials for major lines of dancewear, designer fashion and activewear including Elle, Teen Vogue, Spanx, Emerge, Dior, and Manrepeller among others.
Appearing on the cover of Dance Magazine, January 2018, Erica was named and featured in the title article as one of ‘25 To Watch’ in the world of dance.