Graham Usher (dancer)

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

Graham Usher in 1964

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

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."

  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.