Royal Danish Ballet
Whims of the Ballet Master
Ohad Naharin : Minus 7
Christopher Wheeldon: Wanderers
Jacopo Godani: Uncontaminated
Alicia Alonso: "Don Quixote"
April- May 2009
One man improvises on stage. He communicates with the growing crowds who have stayed in the theater during intermission in anticipation of his act. No two performance are alike and the dancer is fully in command of his steps, miming and audience. This is Morten Eggert, one of the most original dancers in Royal Danish Ballet warming up the audience for "Minus 7" and what he represents in those few brief moments is the soul of the company, the special abilities of the Danish school to combine drama and dancing and be able to communicate without words, to give a dramatic twist to even the most abstract ballet. He is the more than 200 year old tradition, but does he also represent the future?