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After an extraordinary career, principal dancer Edward Watson will take his final bow in October

Celebrated for her strong technique and natural grandeur, she was a star soloist with the Bolshoi Ballet before finding a new audience in London.

Gavin Larsen Releases New Memoir BEING A BALLERINA Inspiring, revealing, and deeply relatable, Being a Ballerina is a firsthand look at the realities of life as a professional ballet dancer.by BWW News Desk Gavin Larsen has announced the release of her new memoir, Being a Ballerina: The Power and Perfection of a Dancing Life, published by the University Press of Florida in April 2021. A look inside a dancer's world...Inspiring, revealing, and deeply relatable, Being a Ballerina is a firsthand look at the realities of life as a professional ballet dancer. Through episodes from her own career,...

Dancing by Herself: When the Waltz Went Solo Grete Wiesenthal, a ballet-trained Viennese dancer, made the waltz modern and a vehicle for solo expression. Waltz with me: Grete Wiesenthal, in Vienna, around 1908.Credit...Rudolf Jobst/Österreichisches Theatermuseum, via Imagno and Getty Images By Meryl Cates Dec. 24, 2020 Waltzing can go on for hours in an endless rotation, as partners coiled in each other’s arms whisk around a brimming dance floor. It requires a significant amount of physical contact, which is why the waltz was considered somewhat of a guilty pleasure until the early 19th ce...