Tag Thomas Lund

The Royal Danish Ballet School

A portrait of the Royal Danish Ballet School, where forming complete human beings is as important as forming elite dancers. It’s 8.30 am. In a long ballet studio high up in Copenhagen’s labyrinthine Royal Theatre, seven boys warm up ready…

Bournonville: The Danish Way of Dancing

How the visionary Bournonvile came to develop a dancing style that would forever become the unique hallmark of Danish ballet. Say “ballet” in Denmark, and before long you’ll hear one name: Bournonville. The Danes pronounce it: Bonn-ville. That’s, of course,…