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Revision as of 14:51, 22 December 2021
Sage Humphries (born 1998) is an American model, singer-songwriter, and dancer with the Boston Ballet.[1]
Ballet
Humphries started ballet at age four in Orange County, California.[2]
At age 12, Humphries attended the School of American Ballet Summer Course in New York.[2] At 14, she trained under Dmitri Kulev in Orange County.[2]
In 2012, Humphries received positive reviews of her performances in Giselle and The Sleeping Beauty at the Carreno Dance Festival in Sarasota, Florida.[3]
In 2015, Humphries was a Denver Youth Grand Prix winner at the Youth American Grand Prix Denver Semi-Finals. That summer, she attended the American Ballet Theatre in New York on full scholarship, where she trained with Ariel Serrano and Ramona De Saa, director of the Cuban National Ballet School.[2][4]
While training with Kulev, Humphries received full merit scholarships to Semperoper Ballett, Ballet Munich, American Ballet Theater, San Francisco Ballet, and Ballet West.[2]
Humphries joined Boston Ballet II in 2016 and was promoted to artist in the Company in 2017.[2] She debuted her choreography in 2018 with the BB@home: ChoreograpHER program.[4] In 2019, she choreographed dances for the Boston Calling Music Festival,[5] as well as the BB@home ChoreograpHER program.[4][6]
Modeling
Humphries has shot dozens of covers and magazines, including Vogue Italia,[7] V magazine, Lucky magazine, Interview magazine, As if magazine, Glitter Magazine, Just Cavalli, Where Boston, Footwear News, Teen Vogue, and W magazine.[8] She is also a brand ambassador for Capezio and Bloch.[8]
At nine years old, Humphries signed with Zuri Models and Talent, through which she modeled for stores, including Target, Kohl's, and Pottery Barn.[8]
At age fourteen, she signed with Ford Models, where she worked a worldwide campaign with Abercrombie and Fitch[9] and worked with Bruce Weber, as well as a David's Bridal campaign.[8] The following year, Humphries modeled for Vogue Italia, where she worked with Michel Comte. This opportunity led to her walking in New York Fashion Week in February 2014. In the winter of 2015, she returned to New York and lived in the Ford Model apartments, worked, and continued training as a dancer.
Humphries signed with LA and NY Models in 2017.[10]
Sexual assault case
In July 2021, Humphries, along with Gina Menichino, filed a complaint against Mitchell Taylor Button, husband of former Boston Ballet dancer Dusty Button, accusing Taylor Button of sexually abusing her.[11][12]
Humphries was in an apprentice program with the Boston Ballet in 2016 when the couple allegedly "sexually and verbally abused her, forced her to live with them and isolated her from her family."[13] Menichino alleges that Taylor Button "sexually assaulted her when she was 13 years old and he was her 25-year-old dance instructor."[11][13] Menchino reported Button in 2018, but the police did not have enough evidence to move forward with the case.[13]
In September 2021, the federal complaint was updated; the Buttons are now accused of sex trafficking and sexual abuse of several dancers, including a minor.[12] The complaint states, "This is a case about a couple who exploited their position of power and influence in the dance world to sexually abuse young dancers across the country."[14]
References
- ^ "LA Creator: Sage Humphries". Junk Food Clothing. 2018-11-20. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d e f "Sage Humphries | Artist". Boston Ballet. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Seldman, Carrie (August 25, 2012). "REVIEW: A few stars missing from the Carreño "Festival of Stars"". Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c "Dance". SAGE. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ Hope, Helen (2019-05-23). "What Happens When a Ballerina Choreographs for a Music Festival". Dance Spirit. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Basco, Sharon (October 25, 2019). "In 'BB@home: ChoreograpHER,' The Women Of The Boston Ballet Show Ingenuity And Talent". WBUR News. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Scalia, Lella (2015-02-18). "Giorgio Armani. 40 years of a successful story. 1975-2015". Vogue Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-07-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d "Modeling". SAGE. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "The Sitch on Fitch: Models Profiled! | Sage Nicole Humphries..." The Sitch on Fitch. 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "Sage Humphries". LA Models. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Mason, Amelia (July 30, 2021). "Former Boston Ballet Dancer And Husband Accused Of Sexual Assault In Lawsuit". WBUR. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Alonso, Melissa (2021-09-30). "Former Boston Ballerina Dusty Button And Husband Accused Of Sexually Abusing Young Dancers". CBS Boston. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c Jacobs, Julia (2021-07-29). "Former Dance Instructor Accused of Sexual Assault in Lawsuit". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ^ Li, David K. (September 30, 2021). "Lawsuit accuses former Boston Ballet star and her husband of sexually abusing dancers". NBC News. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
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