Edward Watson

...it without getting quite as far as you hope it will. It is, then, no little testament to the combined talents of principals Edward Watson (as the possessive Anubis) and Marianela Nunez (as the lovestruck monster) that the Royal Ballet's...

In this article: Wayne McGregor, Glen Tetley, Kenneth MacMillan, Mayerling, and George Balanchine

Dancers join the company on a seasonal or guest-artist basis, and last week's line-up at Sadler's Wells included Leanne Benjamin and Edward Watson from the Royal, and Wendy Whelan from NYCB. The opening work was Wheeldon's Commedia, a...

In this article: Christopher Wheeldon, Leanne Benjamin, Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Diaghilev, Sadler's Wells, London, and Swan Lake

...performance. On Wednesday, the opening night of the Royal Ballet's autumn season, Rudolf was danced by Edward Watson. Lean, pale and intense, Watson might not be your first choice of fairytale prince, but in the shadowlands of the human...

In this article: Kenneth MacMillan, Mayerling, Mary Vetsera, Mara Galeazzi, Suicide, and Simulacrum

...who in 1889 blew out his brains in a suicide pact with his teenage mistress. The revelation of this revival, with the cast led by Edward Watson, is the extent to which Rudolf's tragedy hinged on relations with his mother (an impressive Cindy...

In this article: Dance Theatre, Taiwan, Kenneth MacMillan, London, Mary Vetsera, Suicide, and Mayerling

...towards its overall effect. At its heart, however, stands the towering role of Rudolf and in Edward Watson it has an extraordinary interpreter. One of Watson's qualities as a dancer is his extreme suppleness; his limbs seem elastic and it...

In this article: Mayerling, Rudolf, Kenneth MacMillan, Baroness Mary Vetsera, Royal Opera House, Suicide, and Nicholas Georgiadis

...focuses on the dissolute life and tortured psyche of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary; Johann Kobborg, Carlos Acosta and Edward Watson reprise this challenging role, in which Rupert Pennefather and Thiago Soares make debuts. Wayne...

In this article: Sadler's Wells, Mayerling, Sergei Diaghilev, George Balanchine, Wayne McGregor, Carlos Acosta, London, Afternoon of a Faun, and A Suite of Dances

...Earl of Rockingham (29 December 1655 - 19 March 1724) was an English peer and politician. Rockingham was the eldest son of Edward Watson, 2nd Baron Rockingham and his wife, the former Lady Anne Wentworth, daughter of Thomas Wentworth, 1st...

In this article: Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham and Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford

...do those steps, and she makes it look effortless." I find myself having a beer at the top of one of Havana's tallest buildings with Edward Watson, a man who resembles a young David Bowie. He is one of the Royal Ballet's truly extraordinary...

In this article: Carlos Acosta, Alicia Alonso, Royal Ballet School, Cuba, Tamara Rojo, Havana, National Ballet of Cuba, Monica Mason, and Manon

...trained at The Royal Ballet School, he joined the Royal Ballet company in 1994 and was promoted to principal dancer in 2005. Edward Watson was born in Bromley, Kent and was brought up in the village of Longfield, near Dartford. He first...

In this article: Royal Ballet School, Frederick Ashton, and Ninette de Valois

...that - in the right hands - are rounded and even complex. On the opening night of this revival, Tamara Rojo and Edward Watson didn't let him down. They delivered some terrific work when apart: his little solo after his would-be bride turns...

In this article: Ondine, Frederick Ashton, Tamara Rojo, Hans Werner Henze, and William Walton