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Astrid Sofia Louisa Thyra her name was, and she was 29. Her father, the Duke of Yastergotland, is brother of King Gustaf of Sweden; her mother is sister to Christian of Denmark and Haakon of Norway. One great aunt was Alexandra of Britain, another Dagmar, Tsarina of Russia. But no Queen ever lived more simply. All Brussels had seen Astrid time & time again wheeling her own baby carriage along the boulevards on a Sunday morning. Young Leopold as Crown Prince had gone several times to Stockholm to propose to her, traveling in a third-class coach to keep his incognito...
...Stadium, were again sent to its rescue this month. They performed old Fokine favorites, introduced some new ballets. By this week, when they were to wind up the engagement, the Fokine dancers had impressed critics as no more than mediocre. There was, however, one exception-22-year-old Paul Haakon (pronounced hawk-on). In Scheherazade he was a lithe Favorite. Slave. In Les Sylphides he was the sole male dancer, pirouetting classically in white tights and black blouse. In Dukas' The Sorcerer's Apprentice he was an exuberant Broom, bounding about until he ripped his tights open...
Born in Fredericia, Denmark and orphaned early, Paul Haakon Longreen was adopted by Christ Nielson Panduoro, a bachelor who had made money in the embroidery business. Christ Panduoro took Paul Haakon to San Francisco, had him study dancing for his health although the boy disliked it. When they returned to Denmark the 9-year-old was put in the Royal Opera Ballet School. The "elevation" (leaps and jumps) at which he is expert today he learned in the rigorous oldtime manner, practicing in heavy harness which when it was removed made him feel more airy. In 1924 Christ Panduoro lost...
...Haakon can do three tours-en-l'air, 14 pirouettes, five entre-chats.* No Nijinsky, he says: "I do not like it when I am compared to Nijinsky. ... I do not think there is a dancer, no matter how good, who can do the things Nijinsky has been credited with lately. . . . Each year his ability grows in the minds of people who saw him 20 years ago and cannot forget. All the time they add a little to what...
Notably absent was Christian's brother, King Haakon of Norway, but he sent his son, Crown Prince Olaf to represent him, and his two toddling granddaughters Princesses Ragnhild, 4, and Astrid, 3, were the only bridesmaids. Marie of Rumania, to everyone's relief, did not come...