Word: ralov
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Even Sadler's Wells has no one to touch handsome, Danish-born First Solo Dancer Borge Ralov, 42 (who changed his name from Petersen to avoid confusion with another dancer). In an art in which the reverse is usually true, the Danish male dancers are thoroughly masculine. Says Ballet Master-Choreographer Harold Lander: "When I see a boy going that way, I tell him to give it up or give up dancing. Ballet needs feminine women and masculine...
Help from the King. Completely state-financed and controlled, the Royal Ballet has also had a little artistic help from 51-year-old King Frederik IX, an ardent and accomplished musician. Solo Dancer Ralov in particular could thank him for one of his successes. When Ralov first danced the role of Gennaro in Auguste Bournonville's Napoli, Frederik, then Crown Prince, came backstage and asked him if he would like some pointers. Frederik had seen Hans Beck, a famed Danish dancer, the role years before, and had spent hours in a practice room with Ralov, coaching him on what...
...festival began, King Frederik and his handsome Swedish-born Queen nodded approval from the Royal Box in the gilt-splashed and chandeliered Kongelige Teater as Soloist Ralov and his blonde wife Kirsten danced a rousing performance of Napoli. By the time the festival closed this week, a silken-smooth performance of Concerto (based on Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto in A Minor) had moved the Danes to break an old Royal Ballet tradition. To a thunder of bravos, the full company lined up to take one of its rare curtain calls...