Royal Danish Ballet dancers on tour

Posted on October 21, 2014

Principals and soloists from the Royal Danish Ballet will appear at London’s Peacock Theatre on January 9 and 10, 2015. This is part of a Bournonville Celebration tour, which will also visit the Joyce Theater in New York from January 13 to 18. It’s ten years since the Royal Danish Ballet visited London. 

The programme will include the pas de sept from A Folk Tale, the Jockey Dance from From Siberia to Moscow, dances from the second act of La Sylphide, the pas de trois from Le Conservatoire and the wonderful third act celebrations from Napoli.

Twelve dancers will perform on the tour: Amy Watson, Diana Cuni, Susanne Grinder, Femke Slot, Kizzy Matiakis, Marcin Kupinski, Gregory Dean, Ulrik Birkkjær, Andreas Kaas and Sebastian Haynes.

Tickets are now on sale from www.sadlerswells.com.

Picture: Susanne Grinder and Ulrik Birkkjær in Napoli. Photograph: Costin Radu

Zoe Anderson

Zoë was born in Edinburgh, and saw her first dance performances at the Festival there. She is the dance critic of The Independent, and has also written for The Independent on Sunday, The Scotsman and Dancing Times. In 2002, she received her doctorate from the University of York for a thesis on “Nationhood and epic romance: Ariosto, Sidney, Spenser”. She is the author of The Royal Ballet: 75 Years and The Ballet Lover’s Companion.