- Born
- Birth nameLinda Heather Watts
- Heather Watts was born in 1953 in Long Beach, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Black Swan (2010), Chelsea Walls (2001) and The Nutcracker (1993). She has been married to Damian Woetzel since 1999.
- SpouseDamian Woetzel(1999 - present)
- She casually dresses in loose sloppy and baggy clothes
- She has won the Jerome Robbins Award, the Dance Magazine Award, the L'Oreal Shining Star Award, the Lions of the Performing Arts Award from the New York Public Library, among others.
- Was especially inspired to dance after seeing a New York City Ballet performance with Edward Villella and Suzanne Farrell.
- Had a long time personal relationship with Peter Martins. They were friends, lovers, confidants and collaborators.
- She won two Derek Bok awards for distinguished teaching of ballet at Harvard.
- Peter Martins personally selected her as the first ballerina to dance the world premiere of his very first work as a choreographer, "Calcium Light Night".
- 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.
- 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.
- I don't want to be one of those people who have the best part of their life be 'back when. I'm walking into a void, but I have to make the motion and walk into it. I need to live in new shoes and not be a dancer.
- I stayed too long for myself and for my dancing.
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