Helene Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 According to this story from today's Links, Gavin Larsen is retiring at the end of this season, and her next step is to join the OBT school faculty full-time; she's been teaching there since 2003: http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/inde..._gavin_lar.html Q: You've said you thought you'd dance until you fell apart. Clearly you haven't fallen apart, so why are you retiring now?A: Well, it feels like I'm about to fall apart. That's not really the way I wanted to go. And it's a much wiser course to recognize the signs of falling apart before they became apparent to anyone else. Also, I feel like I've had a very full career, and there's not too much more out of it that I need or want. So I'm really ready mentally and physically to be involved in the ballet world in a different role. Larsen was wonderful at PNB, one of my favorite young dancers -- it was a real loss when she left Seattle -- and she was lovely in the several roles I saw her in at OBT. I'm sad to see her retiring, but for her wonderful performances and best of luck to her in her next career with the company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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