Biography

Sangmin Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea. He trained at Korea National University of Arts from 2016–2019.

Lee’s repertoire includes George Balanchine’s Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux and Stars and Stripes pas de deux, Joseph Mazilier’s Le Corsaire, Jules Perrot’s Giselle, Marius Petipa’s Don Quixote, Talisman, Sleeping Beauty, Esmerelda, and Diana and Actaeon, and Vasily Vainonen’s Flames of Paris pas de deux.

He has received many awards including the silver medal at Arabesque Competition and gold medal at Vaganova Prix in 2016, fourth place at the Moscow Ballet Competition in 2017, the gold medal at Youth America Grand Prix in 2018, and silver medal at the USA International Ballet Competition in 2018.

Lee joined Boston Ballet as an artist in 2019. He was promoted to second soloist in 2023, followed by soloist in 2024.