Ballerina’s Journey From Performer to Director Had an Unexpected Turn

Dalia Rawson held the lead in ‘The Nutcracker’ when her cancer was diagnosed. ‘I went back to teaching, which I enjoyed more than I thought I would.’

“One week, I'm dancing the lead in 'The Nutcracker,' and then the next week, my career is over,” said Dalia Rawson. The Epoch Times

Dalia Rawson shares her story of overcoming hardship that abruptly ended her dancing career, and eventually becoming the director of her own ballet company.

The executive and artistic director of the New Ballet in San Jose, California, reflects on a ballerina’s journey from battling cancer, to recovery, to innovation on EpochTV’s “Bay Area Innovators” program.