Eva Kistrup

Quality Time

Silja Schandorff & Nikolaj Hübbe:

”Giselle”

Royal Danish Ballet

The Old Stage

October 29, 2016

 

Compared to his productions of”Napoli”, “A Folk´s Tale”, “La Sylphide” and “Swan Lake”, Nikolaj Hübbe, together with co-director Silja Schandorff is taking the conservative route with the new production of “Giselle”. There is no time travel, nor any gender change, and the décor and costumes, although bold, stays close to the norm. The focus is where it should be and the result is a brilliant production carried by the youngest and brightest stars of Royal Danish Ballet.

The Son of the Black Queen

Alexander Meinertz

“Erik Bruhn – billedet indeni” (The Picture Within)

Alexander Meinertz has written a superb biography of Erik Bruhn that sets new standards for a ballet biography. Unfortunately, this far it is only availably in Danish but hopefully an English version will follow: as the book demonstrates, Bruhn was as much a product of his international years as his Danish heritage and should be of interest to an international audience.