By Anne-Marie Elmby Once more, summer offered opportunity to stay in touch with dance while also enjoying the outdoors through Verdensballetten (World Ballet). The company opened its 15th tour around Denmark on July 12, in the garden of Sølyst, a 20-minute drive north of Copenhagen. Steven McRae, a principal dancer with London’s Royal Ballet, again
By Anne-Marie Elmby After 14 month’s delay, the Royal Danish Ballet finally performed John Neumeier’s Mahler’s 3rd Symphony (1975) at Operaen, the largest stage of the Royal Danish Theatre, on May 19. COVID restrictions meant there was a limited-capacity audience and the compromise of the Royal Danish Orchestra playing live from a studio, transmitted to
By Anne-Marie Elmby COVID-19 was already spreading around the world when, on March 6, the Danish government advised physical distancing and events with more than 1,000 people had to be cancelled or postponed. Copenhagen’s Royal Theatre, where the Royal Danish Ballet is based, continued performances with restricted admission; six days later, they cancelled everything. This