Ballerina Lauren Cuthbertson: 'There's a saying that dancers die twice, the first time when they stop dancing'

by Sarah Crompton

The Royal Ballet principal on her late career debut, taking her daughters to work, and playing goodies and baddies Born in Devon in 1984, Lauren Cuthbertson joined the Royal Ballet School aged 11 and the Royal Ballet in 2002, becoming a principal six years later. She has danced leading roles in all the great classical ballets including Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, has performed in works by Kenneth MacMillan and…