Performer: Mikki Kunttu

Though Bournonville himself saw A Folk Tale as his finest work, it’s rarely performed outside Denmark. The Royal Danish Ballet bring fleet-footed buoyancy to it all.

For any opera house, the production of a new Wagner Ring cycle is a huge undertaking and becomes a mission statement. For Finnish National Opera, its mission is to stage an all-Finnish Ring.

Le Théâtre National de Chaillot met la danse scandinave à l’honneur à l’occasion du « Festival Nordique ». Morphed, créée en 2014 par Tero Saarienen sur la musique d’Esa Pekka-Salonen, brosse un portrait primitif de la masculinité.