Joan Lawson

Joan Lawson (30 January 1907 – 18 February 2002) was an English ballet dancer and writer of several books and text on the subject of dance.

[2] She had studied under Serafina Astafieva and Margaret Morris,[3] and briefly performed in revues and opera with the Nemtchinova-Dolin Ballet from approximately 1933 to 1934.

[1][3] Lawson then decided to focus her attention on writing and teaching and was on the Advisory Council for Education for the armed services as a lecturer during the Second World War from 1940 and until 1947.

Lawson contributed to Enciclopedia Della Spectaccolo, Encyclopædia Britannica, Oxford Junior Encyclopedia and several dance journals.

[2] Lawson received the Imperial Award "for special services to national dance.