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Frank Andersen: showing how Bournonville is done.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-APR-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Frank Andersen: showing how Bournonville is done.(teacher's wisdom)(Interview)

Article Excerpt
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Frank Andersen has devoted great energy to preserving and advancing Bournonville technique, the signature style of the Royal Danish Ballet. A recipient of a 2002 Dance Magazine Award, he recently retired from his position as artistic director of the company, which he held from 1985 to 1994 and again from 2002 to 2008. Andersen began training at the RDB School in his native Copenhagen in 1960, joined RDB in 1971, and became a principal in 1977. He has also been artistic director of the Royal Swedish Ballet and has advised companies in China and Japan. With an enthusiasm that's contagious, he embodies what August Bournonville intended ballet to become: so full of passion it could make an audience want to rise up and dance....

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