Heather Watts

Heather Watts

Heather Watts (born in Long Beach, California, in 1953) is a retired American prima ballerina and former principal dancer for the New York City Ballet.

Watts studied at the School of American Ballet with Stanley Williams, Andre Eglevsky and Aleksandra Danilova. At the invitation of George Balanchine, Watts joined the New York City Ballet in 1970, and became a soloist and then principal dancer in 1979.

Noted for her dramatic intensity and elevation, Watts premiered many roles during her tenure with NYCB, such as Balanchine's "Walpurgisnacht Ballet" and "Davidsbündertänze" (1980), Robbins' "Four Seasons" (1979), "Piano Pieces" (1981), "Four Chamber Works" (1982) and "Tango" (1983), and Martins' "Calcium Light Night" (1977) and "Fearful Symmetries" (1990).

She starred in prinicipal roles in a number of Balanchine's works, including "Agon", "Concerto Barocco", "Apollo", "Rubies" and "Serenade"; and designed costumes for Peter Martins' "Beethoven Romance". After retiring from the stage in 1995, Watts continued her career as a contributing editor for Vanity Fair and as a ballet and dance history instructor at Harvard University. Among the awards Watts has received are the Dance Magazine Award, the L’Oreal Shining Star Award, the New York Public Library Lions of the Performing Arts Award and various state awards for education.

ources

* [http://www.ballerinagallery.com/watts.htm The Ballerina Gallery]
* [http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~dance/dstaff.htm Heather Watts biography at the Harvard Dance Department]


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