Vicky Lambert is a master teacher, actress, and choreographer best known for her work in Rob Marshall’s Academy Award winning musicals,”Chicago” starring Catherine Zeta Jones and “Nine,” starring Daniel Day Lewis.
She received her early training under the Vaganova classical ballet technique at the Pennsylvania School of Ballet, where she was invited to apprentice with the company at the age of 15. While studying at the North Carolina School of the Arts juggling both dance and academics, Vicky saw a company that compelled her to move to New York City. After 2 years of expanding her dance training to the Graham and Horton technique, while maintaing her classical training, Ms. Lambert was invited to join the “Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater” as principal dancer. Under the direction of Judith Jameson, Lambert has toured the United States, Asia, Europe, and Africa. Vicky has performed the works of and worked with such choreographers as Jerome Robbins, Ulysses Dove, Elisa Monte, John Butler’s, “Carmina Burana” and of course Alvin Ailey’s, “Revelations”, which lauded her as the “heir to the Jameson throne” .Vicky was the first African American to receive the prestigious “Princess Grace Award,” awarded to the most exceptional dancers within a professional dance company.
Ms. Lambert has performed and choreographed extensively for stage, television, and film projects. She has choreographed for the ballet television movie,”Obsession”, the hit television series,”So You Think You Can Dance Canada”, “In Plain Sight”, starring Paul Victor and a huge entertainingly fun flash mob scene for the CW series,”Hart of Dixie”. She was the lead choreographer for the film,”Talk to Me”, starring Don Cheadle and co -choreographer for the blockbuster film,”Sucker Punch” working alongside director, Zac Snyder.
Vicky has extensively taught master classes, coached privates, and workshops throughout Canada and the United States. From acting opposite Jensen Ackles in the hit television series,”Supernatural” to shooting print campaigns for the likes of L”Oreal, and gliding down the runways in New York for Donna Karan, Vicky Lambert has a knack for making it all seamlessly possible.