Copenhagen
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, Denmark) is a Danish ballet dancer, director and choreographer.
Biography
He is the son of ballet dancers
Frank Schaufuss
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(1921–1997) and Mona Vangsaae (1920–1983).
Schaufuss trained 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 ...
from age seven, and then joined 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 ...
.
He was artistic director of the
English National Ballet
English National Ballet is a classical ballet company founded by Dame Alicia Markova and Sir Anton Dolin as London Festival Ballet and based in London, England. Along with The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Northern Ballet and Scottish ...
1984 to 1990, and Berlin Ballet from 1990 to 1994. From 1994 to 1995, he was artistic director of 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 ...
. In 1988 he founded English National Ballet School.
He was Knighted in Denmark for his services to the arts in 1988.
In 1997, he founded the Peter Schaufuss Ballet, based in