Sandra Madgwick

{{Short description|English ballerina}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Sandra Madgwick Crossley

| image = Madgwick_07.png

| caption = as Clara in The Nutcracker (Birmingham Royal Ballet, 1994)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|3|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Taplow, England

}}

Sandra Elizabeth Madgwick (born in Taplow, Buckinghamshire on 7 March 1963) is a retired English ballerina and former principal dancer at the Birmingham Royal Ballet, where she worked for 19 years. She initially trained at the Royal Ballet School and took over extensive roles both at the Birmingham Royal Ballet and at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden appearing in works such as The Nutcracker, The Two Pigeons, Coppélia, Les Patineurs, and Carmina Burana.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Top+ballerina+puts+hat+hire+in+spotlight;+Women's+Editor+Ros+Dodd...-a060770807|title=Top ballerina puts hat hire in spotlight; Women's Editor Ros Dodd talks to Birmingham Royal Ballet star Sandra Crossley, who has high hopes for a new hat shop. - Free Online Library|website=www.thefreelibrary.com|access-date=2017-04-16}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/article/27341/prime-two-juliets|title=The prime of two Juliets|newspaper=South China Morning Post|access-date=2016-12-01}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/1998/dec/31/artsfeatures|title=Grown-up Clara in too-sensible Wonderland|last=Mackrell|first=Judith|date=1998-12-30|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-11-29}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/dance-shes-my-living-doll-1610361.html|title=DANCE She's my living doll|date=1995-03-08|newspaper=The Independent|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-01-25}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4704939/Sugar-spiced-with-rum.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160226050253/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4704939/Sugar-spiced-with-rum.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-02-26|title=Sugar spiced with rum|last=Brown|first=Ismene|newspaper=Telegraph.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-01-25}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/dance-carmina-burana-birthday-offering-birmingham-royal-ballet-birmingham-hippodrome-1603369.html|title=Dance / Carmina Burana / Birthday Offering Birmingham Royal Ballet|date=1995-09-29|newspaper=The Independent|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-01-25}} She is well known for the role of Clara in the recorded and live-aired performance of 'The Nutcracker' in 1994.{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/bring-on-the-sweet-trolley-dance-1388841.html|title=Bring on the sweet trolley : DANCE|date=1994-12-30|newspaper=The Independent|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-11-16}} Her other recorded works include the studio-recorded performance of Hobson's Choice (1992), in which she starred as Hobson's daughter Vicky, and Royal Opera House performance of Coppélia (1995) in which starred as Swanhilda. She holds a master's degree in Dance in Education and the Community and is currently ballet tutor at Performers College and Dance East.{{Cite news|url=http://www.youthballetacademy.uk/guest-teachers/sandra-madgwick-2/|title=Sandra Madgwick|newspaper=Youth Ballet Academy|access-date=2016-11-15}}{{Cite web|url=http://performerscollege.co.uk/faculty_member/sandra-madgwick-m-a-pdtd-dip-rad-london/|title=Performers College Sandra Madgwick|website=performerscollege.co.uk|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-16}} She is married and has three sons.