On 31 October 2024, Watson was appointed artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet, replacing Nikolaj Hübbe.
While in England, she spent two years at the Royal Academy of Dance before attending a summer course with the Richmond Ballet in Virginia when she was 12.
[4] Her leading roles have included Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Kitri and Mercedes in Don Quixote, Teresina in Bournonville's Napoli, and Olga in Onegin.
[4] On 31 October 2024, Watson was appointed artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet, effective 1 November 2024, replacing Nikolaj Hübbe.
I want to serve in the highest capacity for the theater and to give back.”[9] Watson is married to the writer Daniel Tafdrup (born 1983) with whom she has two children: Hazel (2019) and Woody (2023).