Heather Watts
Heather Watts
Heather Watts, was a principal ballerina with New York City Ballet. A native of California, Ms. Watts was born as Linda Heather Watts in Long Beach on September 27, 1953. As a little girl, she was a troublemaking child. She had always wanted to be an actress. An acting coach advised her taking ballet classes, seeing as she was incredibly dramatic. She started dancing at the age of 10, came to New York at the age of 13 on a...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDancer
Date of Birth27 September 1953
CountryUnited States of America
There are nights when you are lucky enough to tap into something about yourself that you are unaware of and can't possibly control, and somehow, at that moment, other people can view it or sense it or feel it.
Misty Copeland is making history. During American Ballet Theatre's current season at the Metropolitan Opera House, Copeland will alight on that storied Lincoln Center stage, making her New York debut as the Swan Queen in the iconic masterpiece Swan Lake - a crowning achievement for any dancer, regardless of the color of her skin.
In 2007, when my husband Damian Woetzel took on the artistic direction at the Vail Valley International Dance Festival, we both felt it was important to offer the entire Vail community access to dance.
I need to live in new shoes and not be a dancer.
I don't want to be one of those people who have the best part of their life be 'back when.'
Arts education is a big part of building a 21st century creative mind, and I think that we have let way too many kids lose their way by not drawing in their young minds with music, dance, painting and the other various ways we can express those things we do not have words for.
I believe strongly in the power of arts education to engage and empower young people.
With her grace and grit, and the will to lead change, Misty Copeland is truly a ballerina for our time.
I have always believed that those that have been given a lot need to share in all areas of life.