In Memoriam: Kirsten Simone

Obituary for the New York Times

I feel lucky to have been asked to write the obituary for the great Danish ballerina Kirsten Simone, who danced everything from the Sleepwalker in Balanchine's "La Sonnambula" to Hilda in "A Folk Tale" to Carmen in Roland Petit's ballet of the same name. She went on to become a fantastic mime and character dancer, and remained with the company until 2006, when, at the age of 72, she played the nurse in John Neumeier's "Romeo and Juliet." I had the great fortune to meet her in 2018, and was touched on that occasion by her generosity and her sense of humor, and her patience with a stranger. One of a kind.

The obituary is here.