The following is a list of ballets created by

Harald Lander Harald Alfred Bernhardt Stevnsborg Lander (25 February 1905 – 14 September 1971) was a Danish dancer, choreographer and artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet. Lander was born in Copenhagen. He started as a dancer, studying under ballet ...

(1905 – 1971), who was a Danish ballet master, choreographer and ballet teacher at the

Royal Danish Ballet school The Royal Danish Ballet School is a ballet school that trains dancers for the Royal Danish Ballet. It was founded in the 1770s. Beginnings In 1771, the first formalised ballet school at the Royal Danish Theater was founded by the French dancer a ...

. He choreographed more than 30 ballets in his lifetime, most of them made for the

Royal Danish Ballet The Royal Danish Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Danish Theatre in Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen, Denmark. It is one of the oldest ballet companies in the world and originates from 1748, when the Ro ...

company. *''Gaucho'', music by Emil Reesen (first performance 1931). *''Diana'', music by

Francis Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (; 7 January 189930 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among the best-kno ...

(first performance 1933). *''Zaporogerne or Russian folk'', music by Emil Reesen (first performance 1933). *''Football'', music by Francis Poulenc (first performance 1933). *''Russian Dance'', music by

Knudåge Riisager Knudåge Riisager (6 March 1897 in Kunda, Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia follow ...

(first performance 1934). *''Bolero'', music by

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In ...

(first performance 1935). *''The Little Mermaid'', music by Fini Valdemar Henriques (first performance 1936). *''The Seven Deadly Sins'', music by

Kurt Weill Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fru ...

(first performance 1936). *''Thorvaldsen'', music by Johan Hye-Knudsen (first performance 1938). *''La Valse'', music by Maurice Ravel (first performance 1939). *''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'', music by

Paul Dukas Paul Abraham Dukas ( or ; 1 October 1865 – 17 May 1935) was a French composer, critic, scholar and teacher. A studious man of retiring personality, he was intensely self-critical, having abandoned and destroyed many of his compositions. His b ...

(first performance 1940). *''Quarrtsiluni'', music by Knudåge Riisager (first performance 1942). *''Fest-Polonaise'', music by Johan Svendsen (first performance 1942). *''Quasi una Fantasia'', music by

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...

(first performance 1944). *''Rebild'', music by Walther Schroeder (first performance 1945). *''Bird Phoenix'', music by Knudåge Riisager (first performance 1946). *''Pageant of Kjeld Abell'', music by Knudåge Riisager (first performance 1948). *'' Études'', music by

Carl Czerny Carl Czerny (; 21 February 1791 – 15 July 1857) was an Austrian composer, teacher, and pianist of Czech origin whose music spanned the late Classical and early Romantic eras. His vast musical production amounted to over a thousand works and ...

, piano studies arranged for orchestra by Knudåge Riisager (first performance 1948). *''Printemps à Vienne'', music by

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wor ...

(first performance 1954). *''Concerto aux étoiles'', music by

Béla Bartók Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as H ...

(first performance 1956). *''Les Victoires de l'Amour'', music by

Jean-Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste Lully ( , , ; born Giovanni Battista Lulli, ; – 22 March 1687) was an Italian-born French composer, guitarist, violinist, and dancer who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he ...

, arranged for orchestra by Knudåge Riisager (first performance 1956).

References

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*Harald Lander Lander, Herald {{ballet-stub