Ida Praetorius
Ida Praetorius | |
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| Born | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Alma mater | Royal Danish Ballet School |
| Occupation | Ballerina |
| Title | Principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet |
| Term | 2016- |
| Awards | Erik Bruhn Prize |
Ida Praetorius is a Danish ballerina, and a principal dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet since 2016.
Early life
Praetorius was born in Copenhagen, the daughter of a former dancer with the Hamburg Ballet mother and an economist father.[1]
She trained at the Royal Danish Ballet School from 2002 to 2010.[1][2]
Career
Praetorius joined the Royal Danish Ballet at the age of 16.[1][2]
In April 2016, Praetorius was promoted to principal dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet by the company's artistic director, Nikolaj Hübbe, live on stage after her performance as Juliet in John Neumeier's Romeo and Juliet.[3]
By curious coincidence, Praetorius was 19 when she first danced Juliet in Neumeier's Romeo and Juliet, the same age as Mette-Ida Kirk was in 1974, when she was selected by Neumeier to dance in his first Copenhagen Romeo and Juliet.[4]
Awards
Praetorius has won the Erik Bruhn Prize for Best Female Dancer for her pas de deux as Eleonore in Bournonville's The Kermesse in Bruges, together with a contemporary piece by choreographer Alessandro Sousa Pereira, danced with her childhood friend and fellow Royal Danish Ballet dancer Andreas Kaas.[3][4]
Praetorius was nominated for Dancer of the Year for Denmark's Reumert Prize.[4]
Repertoire
Praetorius' repertoire includes Odette/Odile in Hübbe and Schandorff's Swan Lake, Juliet in John Neumeier's Romeo and Juliet, Marguerite Gautier in the Lady of the Camellias, Kitri in Don Quixote, Gamzatti in La Bayadere, Eleonora in Bournonville's The Kermesse in Bruges, Dewdrop in Balanchine's Nutcracker, Alice in Christopher Wheeldon's Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and the title role in Giselle.[2][4]
References
- ^ a b c "Ballerina in Bloom". pointemagazine.com. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ a b c "Ballet Sun Valley: IDA PRAETORIUS – Principal, Royal Danish Ballet". balletsunvalley.com. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Breaking News - Ida Praetorius made Principal Dancer". Eva Kistrup. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ a b c d Windberg Baarup, Mette. "Ida Praetorius: Danish Ballet Star in the Making". The Ballet Bag. Retrieved 4 December 2017.