by cstalcott on May 25, 2010
When we spoke to choreographer Kim Brandstrup earlier this year we were intrigued by his ongoing project with The Royal Danish Ballet, a company we have been lucky enough to visit recently. Kim was working on two matching ballets, one all-male, another all-female which would premiere days apart in different mixed bills. When we found [...]
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A Suite of Dances,
Alba Nadal,
Alban Lendorf,
Bournonville,
Bournonville variationer,
Carling Talcott,
Constantine Baecher,
Eid♂lon,
James Clark,
Jerome Robbins,
José Limón,
Kim Brandstrup,
Kim Helweg,
Les Gentilhommes,
Mads Eriksen,
Marcin Kupinski,
MK Danseur Noble,
Nehemiah Kish,
Nikolaj Hubbe,
Peter Martins,
RDB,
Royal Ballet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Sebastian Kloborg,
The Unsung,
Thomas Lund,
Ulrik Birkkjær,
West Side Story Suite
by Emilia on February 26, 2010
Bournonville’s La Sylphide is one of the Romantic period’s most iconic ballets. Featuring a hero divided between reality and fantasy, it is filled with symbols, providing many possibilities for interpretation and parallels to our own modern lives and the choices we are forced to make everyday. The characters of James and the Sylph are treasured [...]
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Angel Corella,
August Bournonville,
Christina Michanek,
Corella Ballet,
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Danish Ballet Week,
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Dramatic & Intense,
Giselle,
James,
John Neumeier,
La Sylphide,
Madge,
National Ballet of Canada,
Nehemiah Kish,
Nikolaj Hubbe,
Onegin,
Romantic Ballet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Silja Schandorff,
The Sylph,
Ulrik Birkkjær
by Linda on February 25, 2010
The Royal Danish Ballet is intrinsically linked to Bournonville, the French ballet-master who shaped the Company, its style (the closest to 19th century French school) and its unique repertoire. But thanks to globalization and a young Artistic Director fresh from the NYCB rosters, the company also dances plenty of Balanchine, another legend whose choreographic style [...]
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Alexandra Lo Sardo,
Amy Watson,
Balanchine,
Bizet,
Danish Ballet Week,
David Amzallag,
Gregory Dean,
Gudrun Bojensen,
Jean Lucien-Massot,
Kizzy Matiakis,
Lena-Maria Gruber,
Marcin Kupinski,
Nehemiah Kish,
Nikolaj Hubbe,
NYCB,
RDB,
SAB,
Sebastian Kloborg,
Symphony in C,
Ulrik Birkkjær
by Emilia on February 23, 2010
If I were to write a book called “100 Ballets to See Before You Die” (perhaps there’s a market for that?), La Sylphide would certainly be one of my top 10 picks. It’s a ballet that digs deep, that still has much to say 174 years on. It centers on the pursuit of one’s dreams [...]
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Nehemiah Kish,
Romantic,
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Susanne Grinder,
The Royal Danish Ballet,
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