Brandstrup

Tradition and heritage are strong words but they fit The Royal Danish Ballet like a glove. They are one of the oldest classical dance troupes in Europe and direct descendants of the Bournonville lineage. With a repertoire that also includes the most prominent choreographers of the 20th century, the Danes have much to be proud [...]

Tagged as: A Folk Tale, Aage Thordal-Christensen, Adeline Genée, Amy Watson, Anna Karenina, Apollon Musagete, Études, Balanchine, Birgit Cullberg, Bournonville, Bournonville Festival, Brandstrup, Cecilie Lassen, Cranko, Danish Ballet Week, Danseurs, Dawid Kupinski, Erik Bruhn, Femke Slot, Fernando Mora, Flemming Flindt, Fokine, Frank Andersen, Gamle Scene, Gitte Lindstrøm, Gudrun Bojesen, Hans Beck, Henning Kronstam, Henrik Steenberg, Ib Andersen, Jens Vilhelm Dahlerup, Johan Kobborg, Johnny Eliasen, Kenneth Greve, Kermesse in Bruges, Kristoffer Sakurai, La Sylphide, Lis Jeppesen, Lloyd Riggins, Lucile Grahn, Ludvig Holberg, Mads Blangstrup, Maina Gielgud, Marie-Pierre Greve, Martin Mydtskov Rønne, Miss Julie, Mogens Boesen, Napoli, Neumeier, Nicolai Hansen, Niels Bjørn Larsen, Nikolaj Hubbe, Onegin, Peter Martins, Peter Schaufuss, Ratmansky, RDB, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Danish Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet School, Rushton, Silja Schandorff, Sorella Englund, Susanne Grinder, The Kermesse in Bruges, The Lesson, The Little Mermaid, The Triumph of Death, The Whims of Cupid and the Ballet Master, Thomas Lund, Vera Volkova, Vincenzo Galeotti, Yao Wei

Going for thirty six days without any ballet is quite a challenge for a balletomane, therefore I could not pass up the opportunity of seeing Carlos Acosta & Guests Artists, a mixed ballet bag of short pieces featuring from modern Brandstrup to chic & classical Ashton’s Rhapsody, and ranging from the overdone (a “male” Dying [...]

Tagged as: Amilcar Moret, Arionel Vargas, Ashton, Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Begoña Cao, Ben Stevenson, Brandstrup, Carlos Acosta, Dying Swan, ENB, Georges Garcia, Hamburg Ballet, Igor Kolb, Ivan Tenorio, London Coliseum, Majisimo, Neumeier, Nina Kaptsova, Othello, Plisetsky, Ramon Gomes Reis, Rhapsody, Ritmicas, Roberta Marquez, Spartacus, Steven McRae, Three Preludes