By Eva Kistrup
August Bournonville:
”A Folks Tale”
Re-choreographed by Nikolaj Hübbe & Sorella Englund
Royal Danish Ballet
On the Opera, the Big Stage
January 22, 2022
August Bournonville, the key founder of the Royal Danish Ballet have put his mark of his craft since the 1820th on ballet like “La Sylphide”, “Napoli”, and many other ballets in Denmark and abroad. One of his most important gifts is the development of the male dancer´s arts and skills. He had been the creator of the strong development of outstanding Danish male dancers.
Our Artistic Director, Nikolaj Hübbe, who returned from a career abroad to be the leader of the Royal Danish Ballet and has been involved in several Bournonville creations based either on the pure Bournonville works or his own interpretations. This year Nikolaj Hübbe and Sorella Englund has taken on a newer version of Bournonville´s “A Folk´s Tale”.