Principal Dancers Heather Ogden, Genevieve Penn Nabity and Ben Rudisin of The National Ballet of Canada will be performing at the at Tivoli International Ballet Gala. The Gala takes place at the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark from August 28 to 30.
Solo dancers from five of the world’s leading ballet companies will be performing at the International Ballet Gala — A Celebration of Dance in Denmark. Principal Dancers Heather Ogden, Genevieve Penn Nabity and Ben Rudisin will be performing alongside solo and company artists from across the dance world.
In addition to the National Ballet of Canada dancers, solo artists from New York City Ballet, The The Royal Ballet London, Hamburg Ballet, Kammerballetten and Dutch National Ballet will be joined by dancers from Tivoli Balletteater to perform during the event. Tivoli Copenhagen Phil will provide live musical accompaniment.
For audiences, it’s a chance to experience highlights of the classical ballet canon as they’re performed by a range of companies, as well as newer works of the 20th and 21st centuries.
The National Ballet of Canada in Tivoli
It’s the first time that dancers from the National Ballet of Canada will perform at The Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen. They’ll be performing two pieces:
- islands by Emma Portner, a duet between two female dancers;
- David Dawson’s On the Nature of Daylight.
Both works have a theme that revolves around the nature of love in various ways. Heather Ogden and Genevieve Penn Nabity are reprising their roles in islands. Penn Nabity and Rudisin will perform in On The Nature of Daylight by David Dawson, the National Ballet’s Resident Choreographer.
Other performers include Danish principal dancer Ida Praetorius, who will perform in Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier’s Adagietto with fellow Hamburg Ballet principal dancer Matias Oberlin. Praetorius will also dance in Oenothera, a piece choreographed by her brother Tobias.
If you’re in Copenhagen, you can get tickets [HERE].
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