sunfright: Stephanie Chen Gundorph as Olympia in the Royal Danish Ballet's The Lady of the Camellias. (a rose)
S. ([personal profile] sunfright) wrote2023-09-06 03:29 pm
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wednesday.






K. just aired the idea that we could go to Copenhagen on the 16th, Saturday next week, to see La Sylphide! It's one of the last dates they're performing it and one of my favourite girls, Stephanie Chen Gendorph, is making her Old Stage debut as the Sylph! On the same date, Holly - my other favourite girl - will be dancing the lead sylph in Balanchine's Scottish Symphony, so I'd get two favourites in one show!! Also, Jonathan Chmelensky, favourite French person ever, is dancing the lead with Holly and Alexander Bozinoff, my favourite male dancer after seeing him as Armand in Lady of the Camellias, is dancing James. Both Alexander and Stephanie are looking so good in their roles!! (There is a BTS video on the Royal Danish Theatre's website)! I really hope we get to go. Right now it's down to whether we can get okay seating, because we aren't the types to buy shitty seats to see something - mostly because K. isn't very tall and she won't see anything but the back of the person up front's head. Not worth all that hassle, getting there and such, to not be able to see properly.



So, very much still up in the air, but just the possibility that this might be happening has made me feel all giddy! And I don't have any other plans next week, so I should be able to give that extra effort and energy to such a trip!



Stephanie and Alexander looked so beautiful, even with the ugly costumes they're currently using at the RDB... So beautiful.



EDIT: Link to the video!!! Lots of talking in Danish, but just look at those shots from the ballet itself in between!!