Premiere: Universe – Copenhagen – New York – Middle East collaboration
9 September 2008 sees the premiere of the youth performance Universe, choreographed by Sean Curran and performed by Danish dance theatre Uppercut Danseteater. The premiere at the Royal Danish Theatre marks a joint collaboration between choreographer Sean Curran from New York, dancers from the dance project in the Copenhagen district of Nordvest, and the Middle East Peace Orchestra, which we are pleased to host. Read more about the performance here.

 Revival: Silk & Knife
Dark basement corridors under the Old Stage leads audiences to six very different ballet performances charged with high levels of humour, poetry and virtuosity. Lauded by critics, Jirí Kylián’s Reumert-award-winning performance Silk & Knife drew full houses last season. Now is the chance to experience the Royal Danish Ballet’s encore when the performance is revived on 2 September. Read more about the performance here.

Ballet pupils across Denmark
Auditions have been held at the Royal Danish Theatre Ballet School and the newly approved talent centres in the towns of Aarhus, Hjørring and Sønderborg where high-level ballet training is offered. 18 children have been admitted to the Royal Danish Theatre Ballet School in Copenhagen. Five children have been admitted to each of the theatre’s ballet schools in Odense and Holstebro. In all, 28 new pupils, i.e. 8 boys and 20 girls, have been admitted. At the new talents centres, 7 were admitted in Hjørring, 6 in Sønderborg, and 7 in Aarhus. In all, 20 new pupils were admitted to the talent centres in Jutland, all are girls. With this extensive recruitment program the Royal Danish Theatre Ballet School has succeeded in reaching out to more children who nurture ballet dreams. The Ballet School hopes to establish more such talent centres nationwide.

Talent centres are ballet schools that have been especially approved by the Royal Danish Theatre Ballet School, which means that the schools have been certified as suitable to conduct ballet training until the sixth grade of elementary school and to prepare aspiring pupils for auditions at the Royal Danish Theatre Ballet School in Copenhagen with the aim of becoming members of one of the world’s most prestigious ballet companies. The Royal Danish Theatre Ballet School offers boarding for admitted ballet pupils at the Dronning Margrethe Kollegiet. This year, five new pupils were admitted to the boarding school facility.
Read more about the Royal Danish Theatre Ballet School here.

 Kind regards,
Anna Lawaetz
Public Relations Manager
The Royal Danish Theatre

Phone (+45) 33696610
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