Name Edward Watson Role Ballet Dancer | Education Royal Ballet School | |
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Awards Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance | ||
Edward watson preparing for mayerling the royal ballet
Edward Watson MBE (born 21 May 1976) is a British ballet dancer. As of 2004 he is a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in London.
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- Edward watson preparing for mayerling the royal ballet
- Alexei ratmansky rehearses 24 preludes with the royal ballet s edward watson
- Early years
- Career
- Honours
- References
Alexei ratmansky rehearses 24 preludes with the royal ballet s edward watson
Early years
Edward Watson was born in Bromley, Kent and was brought up in Dartford with his twin sister, Liz. He first attended dance classes at the age of 3, and was later accepted as a student at the Royal Ballet School, eventually joining the full-time school at White Lodge, Richmond Park. Whilst at the school, he trained with Anatoly Grigoriev, a former dancer of the Kirov Ballet and was one of six male students who graduated into the Upper School at the age of 16. At the Upper School his teachers included German Zammel and Julie Lincoln. Whilst training at the Upper School, Watson danced a number of roles:
Watson graduated into the Royal Ballet in 1994. He became a principal dancer in 2005.
Career
At the National Dance Awards in 2008, he won 'Best Male Dancer'. He also won the Olivier Award in 2012 for Outstanding Achievement in Dance for his performance as Gregor Samsa in Arthur Pita's interpretation of Franz Kafka's Metamorphorsis at the Linbury Studio. In 2015 he won Prix Benois de la Danse for his performance as Leontes in Christopher Wheeldon The Winter's Tale at the Royal Ballet.
Honours
In 2015, he was awarded an MBE.