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Article Excerpt
Ballet master, entrepreneur, and cultural ambassador Frank Andersen--artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet--receives a new title this month: Denmark's Man of the Year. It's the first time that the distinguished award has gone to a ballet master. The award's presentation caps a successful United States company tour that reminded audiences how essential the August Bournonville repertorv is to ballet. Presented by the Danish American Society to recognize outstanding efforts in promoting Danish-American relations, it's a milestone for the art form. The Danes' admiration and respect for ballet is apparent in naming Andersen for this tribute.
Copenhagen's "old stage," the Royal Theater, houses one of the oldest classical ensembles in Europe, along with a distinguished tradition of training and performance, currently under the patronage of Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark. Sonja Andersen, Frank's mother, was a student at the Royal Danish Ballet School (RDBS) and. under the direction of Poul Huld, enjoyed a career at Tivoli's Pantomime Theater, where she partnered young Erik Bruhn in his teenage debut. As a seven-year-old, Andersen...
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