Kaori Nakamura leaps to teaching

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                <h1>Kaori Nakamura leaps to teaching</h1>
                <h2><p>After a 17-year-career dancing with Seattle's Pacific Northwest Ballet, prima ballerina Kaori Nakamura took her final bows at McCaw Hall on Sunday. Nakamura is 44 and is retiring from ballet but she'll be grooming the next generation as a teacher with PNB starting this summer. And</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/florangela-davila-crosscut-com/">Florangela Davila</a></p> 
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            <p>After a 17-year-career dancing with Seattle's Pacific Northwest Ballet, prima ballerina Kaori Nakamura took her final bows at McCaw Hall on Sunday. Nakamura is 44 and is retiring from ballet but she'll be grooming the next generation as a teacher with PNB starting this summer. And how adorable was this moment from <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SeasonEncore&src=hash&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">#SeasonEncore</a>? <a href="http://t.co/pDJ0uWqYHk?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">pic.twitter.com/pDJ0uWqYHk</a>— PNBallet (@PNBallet) <a href="https://twitter.com/PNBallet/statuses/476058905479348226?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">June 9, 2014</a>Her 4-year-old daughter, Maya, is with her in the PNB photo. A recent story about Nakamura is <a href="http://crosscut.com/2014/05/29/arts/120317/kaori-nakamura-pacific-northwest-ballet-giselle/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">here</a>. — F.D.</p>
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After a 17-year-career dancing with Seattle's Pacific Northwest Ballet, prima ballerina Kaori Nakamura took her final bows at McCaw Hall on Sunday. Nakamura is 44 and is retiring from ballet but she'll be grooming the next generation as a teacher with PNB starting this summer. And how adorable was this moment from #SeasonEncore? pic.twitter.com/pDJ0uWqYHk— PNBallet (@PNBallet) June 9, 2014Her 4-year-old daughter, Maya, is with her in the PNB photo. A recent story about Nakamura is here. — F.D.

By Florangela Davila

Florangela Davila is Crosscut's former managing editor. She also oversaw arts and culture coverage and hosted the daily "Crosscut Now" news highlights show on KCTS 9. She's a longtime Seattle journali