by Amy Brandt | Feb 21, 2023 | Career, Company Life, Onstage, Pointe+, Videos
“See, understand, react,” Frank Andersen says to Oregon Ballet Theatre principal Charles-Louis Yoshiyama as they work through a scene of Danish choreographer August Bournonville’s 1836 ballet, La Sylphide. He points to the front of the studio, as if to an audience....
by Natalia Boesch | May 19, 2020 | Technique, Training
The classic Bournonville-style grand jeté en avant, says Thomas Lund, director of the Royal Danish Ballet School, “is a bouquet of flowers for the audience. We say, ‘Welcome to Copenhagen.’ ” Even if this is your first excursion into...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jun 18, 2018 | News
On June 20, Royal Danish Ballet will open the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival with a weeklong run in the historic Ted Shawn Theatre. The celebrated relationship between the Copenhagen-based company and the Pillow dates back to 1954, when leading RDB soloist Inge...
by Anna Maples | Jun 17, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. The Australian Ballet’s Triple Bill, Verve, Includes New Work by Company Dancer Alice Topp Verve , a triple-bill program from The Australian Ballet running June 21-30...
by Rachel Hellwig | Aug 21, 2017 | Profiles, Viral Videos
The realms of fairy tale ballets are filled with imaginary queens. But in Denmark, the nation’s real-life, reigning monarch, Queen Margrethe II, fills the stages of fairy tale ballets with her original costume and decor designs. In fact, she’s been the...
by Caroline Hamilton | Aug 9, 2017 | Profiles
Over the years, many companies have premiered works or made their U.S. debut at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, and some of the world’s most famous ballet dancers have performed there. This week I will give some more insights from the Pillow’s...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 20, 2014 | News
This story originally appeared in the December 2014/January 2015 issue of Pointe. The Royal Danish Ballet will perform a program featuring excerpts from August Bournonville’s Napoli and La Sylphide, among other pieces, at the Joyce Theater January 13 through 18....
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
It seems the Balanchine–Bournonville connection is alive and strong in the U.S. Not only did the Royal Danish Ballet recently complete a successful tour to NYC, and not only will New York City Ballet—helmed by Dane Peter Martins—present Martins’ La Sylphide...