Erik Belton Evers Bruhn (3 October 1928 â€" 1 April 1986) was a Danish
danseur, choreographer, artistic director, actor, and author.Erik
Bruhn was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, the fourth child and first son
of Ellen (née Evers), owner of a hairdressing salon, and third child
of Ernst Bruhn. His parents married shortly before his birth. Bruhn
began training with the Royal Danish Ballet when he was nine years
old, and made his unofficial début on the stage of Copenhagen's Royal
Opera House in 1946, dancing the role of Adonis in Harald Lander's
ballet Thorvaldsen.He was taken permanently into the company in 1947
at the age of eighteen. Bruhn took the first of his frequent
sabbaticals from the Danish company in 1947, dancing for six months
with the short-lived Metropolitan Ballet in England, where he formed
his first major partnership, with the Bulgarian ballerina Sonia Arova.
He returned to the Royal Danish Ballet in the spring of 1948 and was
promoted to soloist in 1949, the highest level a dancer can attain in
the Danish ballet. Later in 1949, he again took a leave of absence and
joined American Ballet Theatre in New York City, where he would dance
regularly for the next nine years, although his home company continued
to be the Royal Danish Ballet.
danseur, choreographer, artistic director, actor, and author.Erik
Bruhn was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, the fourth child and first son
of Ellen (née Evers), owner of a hairdressing salon, and third child
of Ernst Bruhn. His parents married shortly before his birth. Bruhn
began training with the Royal Danish Ballet when he was nine years
old, and made his unofficial début on the stage of Copenhagen's Royal
Opera House in 1946, dancing the role of Adonis in Harald Lander's
ballet Thorvaldsen.He was taken permanently into the company in 1947
at the age of eighteen. Bruhn took the first of his frequent
sabbaticals from the Danish company in 1947, dancing for six months
with the short-lived Metropolitan Ballet in England, where he formed
his first major partnership, with the Bulgarian ballerina Sonia Arova.
He returned to the Royal Danish Ballet in the spring of 1948 and was
promoted to soloist in 1949, the highest level a dancer can attain in
the Danish ballet. Later in 1949, he again took a leave of absence and
joined American Ballet Theatre in New York City, where he would dance
regularly for the next nine years, although his home company continued
to be the Royal Danish Ballet.
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