The World-Famous Royal Danish Ballet Comes to the Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center - Opera House (2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20566)
- Full Price:
- $49.00 - $76.00
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- $24.50 - $38.00*
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The last date listed for The Royal Danish Ballet was Sunday June 12, 2011 / 1:30pm (Napoli).
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40 Goldstar Member Reviews
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Beautiful music and superb dancing, powerful and athletic. Plus the Queen of Denmark was in the audience!Written on Jun 08 2011
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We enjoyed this very much. The Queen of Denmark was there!Written on Jun 08 2011
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The first act was a lively small town scene with traditional music. An ethereal quality filled the second act with wonder and a modern score.Written on Jun 15 2011
The dancing between the three dancers in the second act was a real push-pull as the characters escaped from the world of naiads with their lives. Simply beautiful!
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Wonderful performance combining the best of Bournonville technique and tradition with contemporary staging and costumes. Bravo!Written on Jun 09 2011
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More Information About The Royal Danish Ballet
Quotes & Highlights
- "A near-seamless fluidity. Split leaps and spinning turns seem to spring fully formed into the air." —The Boston Globe
- "In a fast, complex world, where everything demands attention and thought, this is dance as simple joyous pleasure." —Ballet.co Magazine
Description
One of the oldest and most respected ballet companies in the world returns to the Kennedy Center for the first time since 2004. The Royal Danish Ballet, now under the artistic direction of Nikolaj Hübbe, is trained in the traditional style that August Bournonville developed from the classical French school where he studied.
The company's engagement includes Nikolaj Hübbe's new production of Bournonville's Napoli, an Italian adventure and love story that follows charming Teresina and poor fisherman Gennaro, whose romance is challenged by a seductive sea demon. This new staging is set in 1950s Naples — the stomping grounds of Fellini's camera crews and Mafioso types — bringing a modern twist to a fairytale story.
In tribute to their former ballet master, the company will perform a re-staging of Bournonville's A Folk Tale. The story of young nobleman Ove, in love with Hilda, a girl brought up by the Trolls, the ballet contains the romantic juxtaposition between the world as we know it and a dangerous yet fanciful underworld.
Don't miss these programs from a company that carries on the grand European tradition but refuses to rest on its well-earned laurels. Performances will be accompanied by the Opera House Orchestra.
About the Ticket Supplier: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, located on 17 acres overlooking the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., is America's living memorial to President Kennedy as well as the nation's busiest arts facility, presenting more than 2,000 performances each year. The Center is home to seven theaters: the Concert Hall, the Opera House, the Eisenhower Theater, the Family Theater, the Terrace Theater, the Theater Lab, and the Terrace Gallery. In addition, as part of the Kennedy Center's Performing Arts for Everyone outreach program, free performances take place each evening at 6 p.m. on the Millennium Stage. In addition to offering annual series of the National Symphony Orchestra, theater, ballet, dance, chamber music, jazz, and performances for young audiences, the Kennedy Center presents festivals celebrating the arts and culture of countries and regions around the world. Recent festivals include African Odyssey, AmericArtes, Festival of China, and JAPAN: culture + hyperculture.