Graham Usher (dancer)

Graham Usher (1938–1975) was a ballet dancer with the Royal Ballet.

For the other people with this name, see Graham Usher.

Graham Usher in 1964

Usher appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 16 May 1970.[1]

He was forced to retire early in 1970 due to fainting fits. He died suddenly at the age of 36 in February 1975.[2]

Jeffery Taylor subsequently described him as:[3]

one of the sweetest, most gentle natured beings I have ever met [with] extravagantly arched feet, high arabesque and fluidly graceful arm movements.

References
  1. "Desert Island Discs – Castaway : Graham Usher". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. "Graham Usher". The Daily Telegraph. 6 February 1975.
  3. Taylor, Jeffery (16 January 2011). "Jeffery Taylor on the film 'Black Swan'". Ballet Magazine. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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