by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jan 7, 2019 | Career, Profiles
While dancing excerpts of August Bournonville’s Napoli this summer at the Massachusetts-based Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, the artists of the Royal Danish Ballet were in perfect sync. The dancers exuded pure cheer, from their buoyant, clear footwork to...
by Amy Brandt | Apr 2, 2015 | Profiles
This story originally appeared in the April/May 2015 issue of Pointe. Before Balanchine and Petipa, there was Bournonville. A key figure of ballet’s Romantic era, August Bournonville directed the Royal Danish Ballet for 43 years during the 19th century,...