Palle Jacobsen (3 December 1940 – 22 January 2009) was a

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ballet dancer, choreographer and instructor with the

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and ballet master at the Pantomime Theatre in the

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Biography

Jacobsen was trained at the

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's ballet school (1952–1957) and by Edite Frandsen (1957–1959). He danced with various European companies from 1960 to 1967, performing as a soloist in Basel, Graz and especially Düsseldorf. Ballet master

Flemming Flindt Flemming Flindt (30 June 1936 – 3 March 2009) was a Denmark, Danish choreographer born in Copenhagen. He studied at the Royal Danish Ballet and Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris, Paris Opera Ballet schools, joined the Royal Danish Ballet and ...

brought him back to the Royal Danish Ballet in 1967, where he soon became one of the company's favourite soloists, often partnering ballerinas such as Kirsten Simone, Anna Lærkesen and Mette Hønningsen. He took on major roles in ''

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'', '' The Sleeping Beauty'', ''

The Nutcracker ''The Nutcracker'' ( rus, Щелкунчик, Shchelkunchik, links=no ) is an 1892 two-act ballet (""; russian: балет-феерия, link=no, ), originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaiko ...

'' and ''

Giselle ''Giselle'' (; ), originally titled ''Giselle, ou les Wilis'' (, ''Giselle, or The Wilis''), is a romantic ballet (" ballet-pantomime") in two acts with music by Adolphe Adam. Considered a masterwork in the classical ballet performance canon, ...

''. Following his retirement as a dancer, he became an instructor in 1972 until he was appointed ballet master at the Pantomime Theatre in Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens (1983–1993). As an instructor, he worked with not only with the Royal Ballet and the Danish Dance Theatre but internationally with the

American Ballet Theatre American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is a classical ballet company based in New York City. Founded in 1939 by Lucia Chase and Richard Pleasant, it is recognized as one of the world's leading classical ballet companies. Through 2019, it had an annual ei ...

, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

Norwegian National Ballet The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet ( no, Den Norske Opera & Ballett, links=no) is a Norwegian opera company and ballet company. The first fully professional company each for opera and ballet in Norway and the only such professional organisati ...

, the

San Francisco Ballet San Francisco Ballet is the oldest ballet company in the United States, founded in 1933 as the San Francisco Opera Ballet under the leadership of ballet master Adolph Bolm. The company is currently based in the War Memorial Opera House, San Franc ...

, the

Cullberg Ballet Cullberg Ballet ( sv, Cullbergbaletten) is a Swedish contemporary dance company. It was founded by the modern dancer and pioneer choreographer Birgit Cullberg in 1967, who brought it to fame. After Cullberg's retirement in 1985 the company was un ...

in Stockholm, and the

Pacific Northwest Ballet Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) is a ballet company based in Seattle, Washington, in the United States. It is said to have the highest per capita attendance in the United States, with 11,000 subscribers in 2004. The company consists of 49 dan ...

in Seattle.Anne Middleboe Christensen, "Hvor danser den Kongelige Ballet Hen?", Det Schønbergske Forlag, 2002, . Pages 42 and 45. As a choreographer, he produced ''Albinoni'' (Royal Danish Ballet, 1973), ''De Blå Øjne'' (Royal Danish Ballet, 1975), ''Mozart Suite'' (Bayerische Staatsoper, 1980), ''Hyrdinden og Skortensfejeren'' (Pantomime Theatre, 1981), ''Styx'' (Royal Danish Ballet, 1982), and various productions at the Pantomime Theatre including ''Pariserliv'' (1983), ''Venetiansk Karneval'' (1984), ''Anno 20'' (1986), ''Romance'' (1987) and ''Carneval'' (1996).

References

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