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. She performed in revues and opera with the Nemtchinova-Dolin Ballet from approximately 1933 to 1934 and was director of the Royal Academy of Dance's teacher's course between 1947 and 1959 and was the Royal Ballet Society's character and mime teacher from 1963 to 1971. Lawson was a critic for the Dancing Times and was vice-chair of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing.

Biography Lawson was born in London, England, on 30 January 1907. She was the daughter of Robb and Edrith Marion Lawson, Usherwood.

From 1940 to 1954, she was a critic for Dancing Times and was the author of multiple books and text on dance.