Edward Watson

Edward Watson is a principal ballet dancer with The Royal Ballet and has been since 1994. Watson started ballet dancing at a young age along with his twin sister Elizabeth. He was successful in auditions for The Royal Ballet School, which he joined as a boarder at the age of 11. Amongst his many career achievements Watson won an Olivier award in 2012 for his performance Metamorphosis, based upon Kafka's short story of the same name. As of 2014 he is in rehearsals for a Royal Ballet production of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale in which he will dance the role of Leontes.