On The Rise: Sara Esty

Adventurous dancers love a challenge, but even one as game and gifted as Sara Esty could have felt daunted diving on short notice into Twyla Tharp’s The Golden Section. When a principal was injured shortly before the ballet’s Miami City premiere a year ago, Esty was tapped to take her place. With Balanchine’s Divertimento No. 15 and Valse Fantaisie earlier on the bill, the Miami City Ballet corps member had 10 minutes to veer from a Glinka waltz to David Byrne’s hard-driving beat. She still managed to whip out Tharp’s choreography with brio, its stratospheric flight a happy blur for the dancer…