MetteWindberg

Mette has a Master of Arts in Dance Studies and Communication & Arts Journalism from the University of Copenhagen. She is based in London where she works as a freelance writer and producer through her company Turnout Arts. You can read more about Mette on her blog (http://londonyall.blogspot.co.uk/ ) and follow her on Twitter @mettewb.

Nikolaj HÃ¼bbe's production of La Sylphide

Ballet, Ballet Around the World, Ballet Companies, Ballet History, Interviews, The Ballet Bag Elsewhere January 8, 2015

A New Sylphide at RDB: An Interview with Nikolaj HÃ¼bbe

It seems fair to say that James, the young Scotsman of La Sylphide, has followed Nikolaj HÃ¼bbe faithfully throughout his career. Or perhaps itâ€™s…

Ballet, Ballet Around the World, Dancers, Interviews April 7, 2014

An Interview with Alban Lendorf

Itâ€™s the first interval at Kenneth MacMillanâ€™s Manon, hauntingly performed by the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen. Iâ€™m queuing for a drink, and so…

Contemporary Dance, Review July 21, 2013

New Movement Collective in NEST

Site-specific performances can be frustrating: if theyâ€™re not well constructed or if they give audiences too many paths to navigate, they can leave us…

Ballet Around the World, Dancers, Interviews July 18, 2013

Ida Praetorius: Danish Ballet Star in the Making

Towards the end of Act 1 inÂ John Neumeierâ€™s Romeo & JulietÂ there is a scene where the star-crossed lovers meet properly â€“Â alone and unmasked â€“…