Jane S Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 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 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 40 minutes ago, Jane S said: "a respectful nod to August Bournonville, bringing the master's choreography into the 21st century" Uh-oh ... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Interesting too that SFB are taking their R&J to Copenhagen to play in that lovely opera house for four performances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanartus Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Glad they’re bringing back Queen of Spades- it’s stunning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estreiiita Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) This year we'll celebrate the 100th anniversary of the rejoining of Southern Jutland and Denmark. On the 10th of January in the Royal theatre there was a Gala performance dedicated to that event where it was possible to see the new pdd of John Neumeier to Beethoven's music " Persistent persuasion" , created especially for this event, danced by our leading ballerina Ida Praetorius and Alexandr Trusch from Hamburg ballet (approx.10th minute of the recording) as well as Pas de sept, from Bournonville's "Folkesagn" , danced by Caroline Baldwin, Kizzi Matiakis, Holly Jean Dorger, Emma Riis-Kofoed, Gregory Dean, Jon Axel Fransson and Jonathan Chmelensky, all them, but Emma are leading dancers of the company and Emma is considered to be a new rising star ( approx. 59th minute of the recording). Unfortunately I can't say, how long will be this kept on the Danish tv site: https://www.dr.dk/drtv/program/genforenings-galla_162378 Edited January 13, 2020 by Estreiiita 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Thanks so for this, Estreiiita. What a TREAT! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annamk Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 On 13/01/2020 at 09:04, Estreiiita said: This year we'll celebrate the 100th anniversary of the rejoining of Southern Jutland and Denmark. On the 10th of January in the Royal theatre there was a Gala performance dedicated to that event where it was possible to see the new pdd of John Neumeier to Beethoven's music " Persistent persuasion" , created especially for this event, danced by our leading ballerina Ida Praetorius and Alexandr Trusch from Hamburg ballet (approx.10th minute of the recording) as well as Pas de sept, from Bournonville's "Folkesagn" , danced by Caroline Baldwin, Kizzi Matiakis, Holly Jean Dorger, Emma Riis-Kofoed, Gregory Dean, Jon Axel Fransson and Jonathan Chmelensky, all them, but Emma are leading dancers of the company and Emma is considered to be a new rising star ( approx. 59th minute of the recording). Unfortunately I can't say, how long will be this kept on the Danish tv site: https://www.dr.dk/drtv/program/genforenings-galla_162378 Thank you for posting, I really enjoyed watching it, especially the Bournonville 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estreiiita Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 I myself liked it enormously, so nice to know the others also enjoyed it! 🤗 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Thanks Estreiiita, I especially loved the Bournonville excerpt! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yumiko Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 On 13/01/2020 at 10:04, Estreiiita said: This year we'll celebrate the 100th anniversary of the rejoining of Southern Jutland and Denmark. On the 10th of January in the Royal theatre there was a Gala performance dedicated to that event where it was possible to see the new pdd of John Neumeier to Beethoven's music " Persistent persuasion" , created especially for this event, danced by our leading ballerina Ida Praetorius and Alexandr Trusch from Hamburg ballet (approx.10th minute of the recording) as well as Pas de sept, from Bournonville's "Folkesagn" , danced by Caroline Baldwin, Kizzi Matiakis, Holly Jean Dorger, Emma Riis-Kofoed, Gregory Dean, Jon Axel Fransson and Jonathan Chmelensky, all them, but Emma are leading dancers of the company and Emma is considered to be a new rising star ( approx. 59th minute of the recording). Unfortunately I can't say, how long will be this kept on the Danish tv site: https://www.dr.dk/drtv/program/genforenings-galla_162378 Emma Riis-Kofoed has been promoted to the soloist. Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estreiiita Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Well deserved promotion! She's a talented young girl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estreiiita Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Here one can find the personal blog of Holly Jean Dorger, the principal dancer of the Royal Danish ballet: http://turnedoutpointeofview.com/ Hopefully it will be interesting for many ballet lovers. I wonder if some other leading dancers have similar blogs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 On 17/01/2020 at 12:35, yumiko said: Emma Riis-Kofoed has been promoted to the soloist. Congratulations! Was that actually to soloist, or solodanser (principal)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yumiko Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 53 minutes ago, alison said: Was that actually to soloist, or solodanser (principal)? Emma has been promoted to soloist from Corps de Ballet. RDB has 4 ranks. Principal Dancer Soloist Character Dancer Corps de Ballet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane S Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 This is only her third year in the company, so that's a very fast promotion by RDB's current standards - almost as fast as Ida Praetorius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 That's what I was thinking, Jane - I did think solodanser was a bit unlikely this soon, but yes, a great achievement already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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