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  1. For those interested in visiting Copenhagen, the weekend of the 3d-4th June could be especially attractive as it's possible to see both "Napoli" of RDB ( https://kglteater.dk/en/whats-on/season-20222023/ballet/napoli?section=top ) and Gala of the POB dancers: https://kbhdanser.dk/en/paris-opera/ This Gala is a part of Ulrik Birkkjær's baby, the festival " København danser". Copenhagen is extremely easy to visit as there are no strikes, good transport possibilities (you can find your way around using this site: https://rejseplanen.dk/webapp/?language=en_EN#!P|TP!histId|0!histKey|H978069 ) and everybody speaks English. So - please come!
  2. DNB are going to be performing their new Raymonda again this December (pitching it as the perfect Christmas ballet which is interesting). I really want to see a traditional telling of the story so am seriously contemplating a couple of days in Amsterdam. Any recommendations for reasonably priced hotels local to the opera house? How small (and walkable) is Amsterdam? What is a must see other than Anne Frank's house and how does that work in terms of proximity to opera house area? Any help greatly appreciated. Editing to add: Any advice on auditorium seating would also be a help. I'd probably look at top 2 pricing tiers for this.
  3. I'm currently sitting in the train coming back home from my first ballet evening this season, the duo performance of Balanchine's " Scotch symphony" and Bournonville's "La sylphide". Maybe I've just been missing the theater, but I liked tonight's performance a lot. It was the first time I saw " Scotch symphony", actually it had its premiere in Denmark only now in September. It's a relatively small piece created to the music of Mendelssohn-Bartholdy after Balanchine's visit to Edinburgh in 1952. The ballet starts with the corps de ballet (men dressed in traditional scottish clothes and ladies in beautiful white dresses) dancing something that resembled folk dances with a slight military touch (maybe to remind us about Edinburgh tattoos). Here we could see the female soloist Eukene Saques, and she was excellent, dancing joyfully and skillfully with a great musicality (a short videoclip can be found in her instagram, eukene8). She was assisted by two dancers, Afonso Coelho and Philip Duclos, both very good. Then a main female sylph-like soloist, appeared (RDB's principal Emma Riis-Kofoed), along with the partner (Sebastian Pico Haynes). Who was she? Was it a mist from the scottish loch, a mystical creature or maybe an artistic image of scottish woman? They say, this ballet doesn't have any content, that is, one should just watch it and admire the beautiful dance but I couldn't help wondering, who is this guy following the beautiful girl? He also weared the scottish clothes though in different colours. Maybe it was somebody from the highlands trying to get the mystical girl from the lowlands? The scotsmen surrounding the sylph were reluctant to let him have her - to begin with. But the love won over. Both Emma and Sebastian danced extremely well and looked fine with each other. The music, dance pattern and interpretation were superb! Then came " La sylphide" well known to many ballet fans. The main role was danced by the principal Wilma Giglio, James was danced by the principal Jon Axel Fransson, Gurn by Lazaro Corrales, Effy by Victoria Bell and Madge by Esther Lee Wilkinson. The main duo was dancing beautifully, especially Jon Axel Fransson, but Wilma Giglio didn't impress me much though I can't explain why exactly. I think it was more about her artistic abilities but probably I just remember Ida Praetorius in this role much too well. I liked Gurn (Lazaro Corrales) a lot - he's not tall, so Victoria Bell suited him finely, but he created a very good image of the man who knows what does he want (unlikely James) and how to get it. Madge was great, very convincing and mean. Wonderful evening and I'm looking forward to many other performances this season!
  4. I may critisize Nicolaj Hubbe a lot, but I'm willing to forgive him for bringing summer performances of the dancers from RDB to the most remote corners of Denmark. This year the performances will last for two weeks and are free of charge for the spectators. Last Monday, the 5th of June, I happened to be present at the performance of the Royal Summer Ballet in Kolding. Here are the excerpts we could see - please take in account that it's a temporary scene, there's some wind and a lot of things that can distract the artists. I myself am very glad for this opportunity that allows us to see if not the best technical abilities of the dancers, their willingness and joy of performing the beautiful dance pieces for the public that maybe has this only chance a year to watch them. 1) The Swan lake - italian dance: Silvia Selvini, Vitor de Menezes (former dancer at ENB) and Samuel Zaldivar (former graduate from RBS in London) 2) The flower party in Genzano (1858) - pas de quatre: Mayo Arii (former dancer with Hamburg ballet and Houston ballet), Tara Schaufuss (daughter of Peter Schaufuss, former dancer of Queensland ballet, who also got an education as choreographer and next season the Royal Danish ballet will perform her work together with the creations of Tobias Praetorius and Matteo di Loreto in a programme "Koreorama", Guilherme de Menezes ( former dancer at ENB, like his twin brother Vitor), Meirambek Nazargozhayev 3) The Swan lake -the black pas de deux: Astrid Elbo (not only the soloist of RDB but also a talented actress taking part in numerous projects) and Ryan Tomash (former graduate of the ballet school of National Ballet of Canada) 4)The excerpts from "Gotta dance", recent creation of Gregory Dean, RDB's premier: Mayo Arii, Emma Riis-Kofoed, Eukene Saques, Tara Schaufuss, Silvia Selvini, Jonathan Chmelensky, Guilherme and Vitor de Menezes, Meirambek Nazargozhayev, Mathieu Rouaux and Ryan Tomash 5) The dying swan: Stephanie Chen Gundorpf 6) The little nightingale (choreography of Eliabe D'Abadia, dancer from RDB's corps de ballet): Eukene Saques (she was presenting her own work for not so long time ago at Linbury theatre, I believe, as part of young choreographers' programme) and Samuel Zaldivar 7) Napoli - pas de six and tarantel: Mayo Arii, Astrid Elbo, Stephanie Chen Gundorph, Emma Riis-Kofoed, Eukene Saques, Tara Schaufuss, Silvia Selvini, Jonathan Chmelensky, Guilherme and Vitor de Menezes, Meirambek Nazargozhayev, Mathieu Rouaux, Ryan Tomash and Samuel Zaldivar
  5. The Royal Danish Ballet is currently dancing Balanchine's Jewels and at last night's performance Nikolaj Hubbe appeared on stage twice - after Rubies, to promote Alexander Bozinoff to Solodanser (Principal), and after Diamonds, to do the same for Emma Riis- Cofoed. She has been very obviously headed for the top ever since she joined the company in 2017, whilst Bozinoff is a bit more of a surprise - Hubbe describes him offstage as a 'still water running deep' personality and he has quietly built up quite a repertoire of leading roles. The press release claims this a first for a double onstage promotion but I'm fairly sure that Alexei Ratmansky and Thomas Lund were also promoted together, after a performance of Swan Lake (Prince and Jester respectively). But that was long ago, and at the end of this month Thomas Lund leaves his post as Director of the RDB school after 10 years. His successor is Anne Peyk. until now the director of the Tivoli Ballet School. The press release announcing her appointment describes her previous career (via Google Translate): 'Anne Holm-Jensen Peyk comes from the position as innovative artistic director of Tivoli Ballet School and also has 13 years of experience as an instructor and teacher at the Royal Ballet with strong results in organizational, talent and staff development. Her ability to act in the Danish ballet school environment is seen, among other things. through initiatives such as the establishment of the ballet competition The Danish Ballet Prize and the association for dance medical knowledge Dance Science Denmark. Anne Holm-Jensen Peyk is herself a former dancer and has a strong national and international network in the professional ballet environment as well as the ballet school environment, i.a. Ballet Chemnitz, Tivoli Ballet Theater, The Royal Ballet, American Ballet Theater, Finnish National Ballet and Hamburg Ballet.'
  6. The Royal Danish Ballet is currently in the middle of a run of its own preferred Romeo and Juliet - Neumeier's - and last night's Juliet, Wilma Giglio, was promoted to the company's highest rank onstage during the curtain calls. It's five years since they had a new female principal and it was getting fairly obvious that she would be the next one. She comes from Argentina and had her early training there, arriving in Dnamark via the Prix de Lausanne and the Canadian Ballet School - she's been a soloist since 2018 and has already danced La Sylphide and Swan Lake. (And incidentally, checking the press relase on the RDB site, I notice that Nikolaj Hubbe's contract has just been extended for another 4 years.)
  7. The RDB has announced its programme for next season, apparently in the expectation of being able to run a full season starting at the beginning of September. Ballets include: Come Fly Away (Twyla Tharp) Cinderella (Gregory Dean) La Sylphide (new production) Balanchine's Nutcracker Romeo and Juliet (Neumeier) Serenade/ Sibelius 4 (Jorma Elo)/Etudes Blixen (Gregoery Dean) Napoli La Bayadere Dans2G0 programme - works by Sebastian Kloborg, Peter Martins (Zakouski), Neumeier and Hofesh Shechter Principal dancer Amy Watson will give her farewell performance as Teresina in Napoli Full details in the season book
  8. The big premiere of Hubbe’s newest (3rd?) La Sylphide will be this Saturday! Has precise casting been announced? (The website indicates dancers of three potential casts.) Is a telecast or streaming being planned? Thanks for any & all insights.
  9. "Napoli" from Denmark with Alexandra Lo Sardo and Alban Lendorf https://www.dr.dk/drtv/program/napoli-_-ballet-fra-det-kongelige-teater_178143
  10. Royal Danish Ballet will be livestreaming Napoli https://kglteater.dk/kgl/xtra/forestilling-napoli/?section=31109 Note! Depending on your connection, it may take a few minutes for the video to start playing. I have tried and no luck so far but perhaps you will have better luck.
  11. Next season's repertoire for the RDB was announced this morning: Queen of Spades (Scarlett) Blixen (new full length by Gregory Dean) Nutcracker (Balanchine) Ballet de Luxe - Act 3 of Raymonda/Ballo della Regina-/August 2.0 ("a respectful nod to August Bournonville, bringing the master's choreography into the 21st century" - arranged by Dinna Bjørn and Nikolaj Hubbe) Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Neumeier) Come fly away (Twyla Tharp) A Folk Tale (Bournonville) ... plus a number of smaller scale works and collaborations Interesting that Gregory Dean gets another big opportunity straight after this season's Cinderella - and from the publicity photo, another big leading role for Kizzy Matiakis! Full programme
  12. Gregory Dean's latest ballet, Blixen, opens tonight in Copenhagen. There's an interesting podcast in whch Dean, Kizzy Matiakis (who has the title role tonight) and the designer Jon Morrell talk about the problems of bringing Karen Blixen's life to the stage. (The music is by Debussy.) One idea that's new to me, at least, is that Matiakis does the whole ballet in the first cast but at some later performances the role is split between Ida Praetorius (Young Karen) and Gudrun Bojesen (Older Karen). Matiakis, who is within a couple of years of mandatory retirement at 40, feels she's at exaactly the right point in her life to be able to do both and sounds to be relishing the challenge. I hope anyone who sees her, or the Praetorius/Bojesen combination, will write a nice long piece about it for us.
  13. Today at the press conference Nikolaj Hubbe announced the plans for the coming season 2018-19. Here it's possibly to see all the items: 2018-19 season I believe, it' s just in Danish right now, but the titles of the performances don't need translation. Personally I'm quite content with the coming season and plan to visit Copenhagen as often as my finances and work schedule will permit it.
  14. The RDB gives the world premiere of Scarlett's Queen of Spades (Spar Dame in Danish) on April 14th - there's a page about in English on their site and more information and a couple of videos if you switch to the Danish version. From the photographs etc you can deduce that the first cast has Kizzy Matiakis as the Countess and Andreas Kaas as Hermann, but there are few clues to who else is dancing and if/when a second cast goes on. ( But, hey, there's still a week to opening night - plenty of time to plan your visit.) If anyone is going, please report back!
  15. Interesting: "Dir Birgitte Stærmose Prod Peter Ålbæk Jensen, Marie Gade Dennessen Scr Kim Fupz Aakeson With Danica Curcic, Gustaf Skarsgård, Ulrich Thomsen Denmark-Sweden 2017 103min Sales TrustNordisk Showcasing a wealth of exquisite choreography and underpinned by a fine script, this provocative drama elegantly probes the nature of creative collaboration and the passage of success. International superstar ballerina ‘Darling’ (Danica Curcic) and her husband Frans (Gustaf Skarsgård, Vikings) return to the Royal Danish Ballet company in Copenhagen where Darling is to dance the lead in Giselle. The production, choreographed by Frans, is highly anticipated by the company and the couple themselves, for whom the job is all consuming – perhaps offering the only space where they can truly thrive together. Unquestionably talented but dangerously obsessive, Darling has already pushed herself beyond her limits, and her uncompromising behaviour threatens what promised to be a highpoint in her and Frans’ professional and personal lives. Curcic’s physically and emotionally powerful performance, guided by Birgitte Stærmose’s empathetic but always precise direction, provides an exhilarating depiction of creativity and the pressures of performance." Anyone know any more about this? It's on at the Curzon Mayfair as part of the BFI London Film Festival next month.
  16. Would anybody give me a link to the members of the Royal Danish Ballet please? DS has to do research project and we can't find this online. Thanks if you can.
  17. Anyone fearing withdrawal symptoms when the RB's run of Jewels ends on Friday could pop over to Copenhagen on Saturday and see the Royal Danish Ballet's first night! They haven't danced it before so everyone is new to it - there are some nice photos online and although unfortunately the company seems to have stopped adding captions to identify the dancers, anyone who's caught the recent online Giselle or R&J will recognise at least some of them,. I'm hoping to see a performance later in the run, but if someone sees it before then, please report back!
  18. Here: https://www.dr.dk/tv/se/opera-og-ballet-det-kgl-teater-tv/-/giselle-ballet-fra-det-kgl-teater#!/ it's posible to watch the ballet "Giselle" performed by RDB in November of 2016. In the beginning of the transmission Nikolaj Hubbe says welcome words and it's shown a piece of the workshop with the main performers, Ida Praetorius (Giselle) and Andreas Kaas (prince Albrecht). The record should be available for viewing for 7 days.
  19. Kizzy Matiakis made her debut as Odette/Odile in Copenhagen last night and afterwards was promoted to principal dancer - a very emotional occasion for her, I'd guess, especially as she's only 5 years from retirement and the RDB has never promoted anyone this late before.There's a little film on the theatre's Facebook page She was trained originally by Leo Kersley (wouldn't he have been proud of her!) and then at Central School.
  20. Hello everybody, here it's possible to watch "Swan lake'' from the Royal Danish Theater: https://www.dr.dk/tv/se/svanesoeen/svanesoeen-ballet-fra-det-kgl-teater It's the performance from the 15th of April, 2016.
  21. Next season's programme for the Royal Danish Ballet is being announced right now - it includes Wheeldon's Alice and a new piece by Wayne McGregor, and also a new full-length version of Dangerous Liaisons by Cathy Marston, who has made work for other groups in Denmark but never for the RDB itself. Next season looks much more interesting than this one, with Jewels and a re-run of the new Swan Lake as well as a couple of triple bills. There's also a new Giselle...
  22. Hi all. I managed to snag a last minute ticket to the RDB performance of La Sylphide/Etudes next Friday as part of my also last minute spur-of-the-moment trip to Copenhagen! So I thought I'd start a thread in case (1) anyone else is going and fancies saying hello or (2) anyone has any insider tips of things to do in Copenhagen (or, for that matter, Malmö)! I've never seen RDB before, but I notice the website mentions they have some dancers from England. I can't spot them on the website though. Anyone know who they are? Is there anything else worth knowing about RDB or this production beforehand? I am very excited.
  23. I thought this was pretty good this evening. Programme was: A Folktale - pas de sept Flowerfestival Jockeydance Sylphide 2nd act [interval] Conservatoire - pas de trois Napoli 3rd act Lendorf didn't dance (he was in the audience; presumably he needed to rest after last night's Swan Lake), but that gave a couple of the other men a crack at his roles and so we saw him replaced by Andreas Kass in Flowerfestival and Ulrik Birkkjaer in Napoli. Hopefully Lendorf will dance tomorrow. The performance seemed a little rough around the edges but I suspect that now they have run it in front an audience once it will sharpen up for the second and third shows. I hope the Danes will come here again soon, but on the main Sadler's Wells stage (I really didn't like the Peacock) and with a bit more promotion and/or lead time on ticket sales. Such a shame that this hasn't sold better.
  24. Just spotted this on the Sadler's web site "Ten years since The Royal Danish Ballet’s last visit to Sadler’s Wells, principals and soloists from this internationally renowned company perform a program featuring excerpts from works by August Bournonville, the acclaimed 19th century Royal Danish Ballet choreographer and ballet master who created more than fifty works for the company." http://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/2015/the-royal-danish-ballet/ good news....
  25. Read it and weep. http://www.gramilano.com/2014/09/royal-danish-ballet-break-tradition-homoerotic-la-sylphide/
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