"The Little Mermaid" will be the first RDB production to be performed on one of the new opera house stages. Most RDB performances will still be in the Royal Theatre, but dance performances by other companies, including the Peter Schauffus Ballet and UpperCut Dance Theatre will take place at the opera house.

Besides performances there will also be ballet introductions, which take place on Sunday mornings, for "The Little Mermaid", "In the Night"/"Fancy Free", "La Ventana", "The Kermesse in Bruges" and 'The Kings Volunteers on Amager". Introductions are usually in Danish, though interviews with non-Danish choreographers may be done in English.

During the Bournonville Festival, there will also be an opportunity to see the daily Bournonville classes - presumabley in the form of the videos which are being currently being taped. Showings will be Monday - Saturday at 6pm in the Staerekassen stage. I will post more information on the videos and other Festival activities as it becomes available.

Tickets will be available starting August 9, 2004, and tickets for the Bournonville Festival are available via the Bournonville Festival website. Details about the individual ballets and dates can be found on the Royal Theatre website.

*The Royal Danish Ballet Soloist & Principals group organized by Peter Bo Bendixen will be dancing with the South African Ballet Theatre from June 24-27. The ballets to be performed includes Konservatoriet, The Little Match Girl (world premiere by RDB corps member Louise Midjord), and the Pas de Six and Tarantella from "Napoli". There will be an opportunity to see rehearsal on June 19, for R 30.00 per person. Click here for more information.

*Kenneth Greve will be dancing with the Royal Ballet on December 28 (matinee), when he makes a guest appearance opposite Zenaida Yanowky in "Swan Lake".

And a little fact...NYCB principal Philip Neal spent time at the Royal Danish Ballet School during his training.

Casting has been posted for the 04-05 performances of "Anna Karenina" and "Abdallah".

Nina Ananiashvili will be returning to dance the role of Anna opposite Kenneth Greve on August 27 and September 7. Andrew Bowman and Jean-Lucien Massot are both listed as Vronsky on August 26 and 31 opposite Gitte Lindstrom - the final decision will be made closer to performance date - Massot had been scheduled to dance opposite Lindstrom last season before he was injured. Cavallo & Bowman and Greve & Blangstrup will each do two performances.

In "Abdallah", Kristoffer Sakurai is listed for several performances in the lead role, which may be a role debut. In another TBD, Gudrun Bojeson and Izabella Sokolowska are both listed opposite Sakurai.

Hi! Since it's not set to premiere until April 2005, it probably hasn't been choreographed yet (for Anna Karenina, which premiered in April, rehearsals started in January). So, there's probably not much information to be had. However, it will mark the first time the ballet will present a full-length work in the new opera house theater (large stage). And it is the ballet's contribution to the Hans Christian Anderson celebration (200 years).

Corps member Martin Joyce has departed, I believe to join the Rambert Dance Company. If the new roster is correct, Ole Just and Julie Strandberg have also departed.

3rd year apprentices Mie Fjelstrup and Louise Østergård, and 2nd year apprentices Ulrik Birkkjær, Mads Eriksen and Alexander Stæger have all joined the corps.

Now third year apprentic Maria Stokholm and second year apprentice Sebastian Kloborg Andersen are joined by new apprentices Agnete Beierholm, Nadia Dahl, Christian Hammeken and Benjamin Nehammer. Among the character dancers, Tommy Frishoi has left the company and Ib Jeppesen and Ann Kolvig have joined.

Anne Holm Jensen is also now listed as one of the company instructors and Mogens Boesen is now alos listed as a teacher at the school.

Corps members Ditte Teildorf and Charlotte Aamand are now also assistant instructors at the ballet school.

Greetings! As a clarification, Ole Just has not left the Royal Danish Ballet, but has moved into a new role as one of the stage managers.

I hope to be back in Denmark at the end of September-beginning of October, and to catch at least some of the Bournonville Festival. But first, I've got to find a TV & VCR to watch my tape of the Command Performance and see Neumeier ballet that was choreographed for the occasion.

Time to get some discussion going on this thread...I know you're reading!

First of all, please feel free to post appropriate questions about the RDB or RDb dancers - I answer what I know, and we can go from there.

Also, a couple questions to get things rolling:

1) Who is your favorite RDB dancer/ballet? Why?

2) What RDB dancer/ballet have you always wanted to see?

3) With the Bournonville Festival coming up, the 2004-05 season is all about Bournonville. But, as mentioned in my interview with Thomas Lund, 2005-06 will be chance for things besides Bournonville. What would you like to see the company do in 2005-06?

Hi! There are some fantastic video clips on the Bournonville Festival page, including long collections of clips from " A Folk Tale" and "La Sylphide" as well clips from the Bournonville Festival press conference. Click here, and click on videoclip to see the clips.

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