The Hübbery
Royal Danish Ballet
March 27, 2018
When the Peter Martins allegations took place, I am sure that I was not the only Danish balletomane, who felt that it had happened before.
In 1951 the then Artistic Director of the Royal Danish Ballet, Harald Lander was like Peter Martins accused for accosting young female dancers and for artistic short comings.
Harald Lander left the country for a post at The Paris Opera. Several years later, Harald Lander was cleared from the accusations by the Danish High court. However, the relationship with Royal Danish Ballet was beyond repair. There were several attempts to bring Harald Lander back to create or review some of his earlier creations for the company, but only a few productions made it to the stage.
Instead, Harald Lander formed an alliance with Danish National Television which produced a series of minor works and a studio production of his key attribution to Danish and international ballet “Etudes” in1969.