Projects of the Bucharest National Opera Ballet
Its been a year since the Danish dancer and choreographer Johan Kobborg became the artistic director of the National Opera Ballet.
Luana Pleşea, 14.02.2015, 13:03
It’s been a year since the Danish dancer and choreographer Johan Kobborg became the artistic director of the National Opera Ballet. A former soloist of the Royal Danish Ballet and of the Royal Ballet of London until 2013, Johan Kobborg was already known to the Romanian public, thanks to his performances alongside his partner, Alina Cojocaru.
As Johan Kobborg confessed, “I feel we are making wonderful shows and I feel this amazing energy coming from the stage, every time I watch the performances. And obviously, this is what dance has been created for.” Just one month before he took over the management of the National Opera ballet, Kobborg presented to the Romanian public “La Sylphide,” in which he performed alongside his partner, Alina Cojocaru.
The repertoire of the National Opera Ballet is based on the idea that this is a classical ballet company, Johan Kobborg insisted, and he deplored the fact that a growing number of major classical dance companies are shifting to contemporary dance. “This will remain a classical ballet company as long as I am here. This does not mean that we won’t approach other styles and other ways of dancing as well. Even if I bring contemporary works, I will not go to extremes, I will always preserve their core, classical basis,” the artistic director of the National Opera Ballet added. At the end of last year, Johan Kobborg and his company presented Frederick Ashton’s “La Fille mal gardee,” with the cast including Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg.
The show is scheduled to premiere on April the 25th, and on June the 6th, ballet lovers are invited to see the premiere of “Giselle,” a classical performance that no classical ballet company can miss. The show, created by choreographers Johan Kobborg and Ethan Stiefel, was first presented in 2012 in New Zealand, by the Royal New Zealand Ballet.
