The Royal Danish Ballet "an expression of joy" in New York

By Ivy Lin, 09 July 2019

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“light skimming sissones proving the trope that when you're in love your feet can't touch the ground”

Reviewed at Joyce Theater, New York City on 9 July 2019

La Sylphide (Act 2) (August Bournonville)

The Kings Volunteers on Amager (Pas de trois) (August Bournonville)

From Siberia to Moscow (Jockey Dance) (August Bournonville)

Napoli (Streetsinger mime, Pas de six & Tarantella) (August Bournonville)

The Kermesse in Bruges (Pas de deux) (August Bournonville)

Royal Danish Ballet

Ida Praetorius, Dancer

Ulrik Birkkjaer, Dancer

Sorella Englund, Dancer

Marcin Kupiñski, Dancer

Alexander Bozinoff, Dancer

Stephanie Chen Gundorph, Dancer

Jón Axel Fransson, Dancer

Tobias Praetorius, Dancer

Astrid Elbo, Dancer

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Carla Escoda, 29th January

Never has Justin Peck seemed more compositionally assured, and paradoxically freer, than in his latest ballet, breaking the mold of past work that mostly celebrated the camaraderie of his generation.

****1

Royal Danish Ballet bounce through Bournonville's A Folk Tale

Zoë Anderson, 17th October

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.

****1

Pure Bournonville bounce: Johan Kobborg's La Sylphide in Prague

Deborah Weiss, 14th May

The Czech National Ballet bears all the hallmarks of a group of dancers who are hungry to learn and to embody whatever is offered to them.

*****

BRB2 in Carlos Acosta's Classical Selection is full of vitality

Graham Watts, 25th April

With five founding dancers in BRB2, this inaugural dance salad was embellished with other ingredients including the addition of seven members from the main company.

****1

A roller-coaster of diverse dance as ENB celebrates its 70th

Graham Watts, 17th January

A slick and stylish celebration at the Coliseum of this great company's achievements over 70 years.

****1

A Romantic looking back: the Staatsballett in La Sylphide

Katja Vaghi, 12th March

The catchphrase for the Staatsballet’s La Sylphide is 'Kilts and kicks’ or ‘kilts and beats’. A real feast for the eyes alas, it is over in no time!

*****

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Ivy Lin

Ivy Lin's love of ballet began in high school when at the school dance she quickly realized she had two left feet. One always admires things one cannot do, and so Ivy began to attend dance performances to marvel at the grace and beauty of bodies in motion. Ivy's day job is a biology teacher and after a long day in the classroom she loves to unwind by watching dance. She also enjoys theater, opera, pop and classical music. Ivy has her own blog (www.humbledandoverwhelmed,blogspot.com)

The Royal Danish Ballet proves dance as "an expression of joy" in New York