Lindsay Purrington began her dance training with Ann Vorus at age ten at The Raleigh School of Ballet, and went on to study with Richard Rein and Elizabeth Connell at St. Paul’s School in Concord, NH, as well as at The Juilliard School in New York City. She joined Carolina Ballet as a founding member in 1998, rising to Soloist ranking in 2003 before leaving to join BalletNY in the fall of 2004. With BalletNY, Miss Purrington performed in Manhattan at The Joyce Theater, receiving critical acclaim in the New Yorker magazine and The New York Times. She also toured extensively throughout the US, performing "The Man I Love" in Balanchine's "Who Cares?", "Sugar Plum Fairy" and "Snow Queen" in Nutcracker, and principal roles in works by Stanton Welch, Jodie Gates, Toni Pimble, and Helen Heineman. In 2005 she performed with Angel Corella y Stars of American Ballet in Murcia, Spain, partnering with Mr. Corella in the lead pas de deux from “Who Cares?”. From 2006-2009, Ms. Purrington was a member of Pennsylvania Ballet, where she performed such featured roles as Lead Spanish in Balanchine's Nutcracker, "Another You" in Paul Taylor's Company B, and featured roles in Matthew Neenan's As It's Going and Carmina Burana.

Miss Purrington returned to Carolina Ballet in 2009 where she continued to perform as a Soloist until her retirement in 2018. In her 20-year career she has performed in countless ballets- from choreographer George Balanchine, most notably the roles of “Helena” and "Hermia" in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, “Calliope” in Apollo, "Stairway to Paradise" in Who Cares? and "The Sylph" in A La Francaix. She has been featured in many ballets choreographed by former Carolina Ballet director Robert Weiss: “Carabosse” in Sleeping Beauty, "Snow Queen" and "Arabian Coffee" in his Nutcracker, principal roles in Symposium and Messiah, and soloist roles in both his Romeo & Juliet and Carmen. Additionally, Mr. Weiss created "The Double" and a new "Peasant Pas de Deux" on Miss Purrington for the company's premier of Giselle in 2013. Current Carolina Ballet artistic director Zalman Raffael choreographed "Brahms Violin Sonata”, "The Book of Contradictions", and “Rhapsody In Blue “(Soloist Woman) for Miss Purrington. And TONY- nominated choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett cast her in principal roles in Carmina Burana (Lost Soul), December Songs (Dream, Please Let’s Not Even…), Dracula (Mina Harker), Love Speaks (Purple Couple), and Lost & Found (Solo Woman) all during her time at Carolina Ballet.