Gitte Lindstrøm (born 1975) is a Danish ballet dancer and ballet teacher. She joined the

Royal Danish Ballet The Royal Danish Ballet ( Danish: ''Den Kongelige 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 a ...

in 1992, becoming a principal dancer in 1998.

Biography

After studying at the Royal Danish Ballet School, Lindstrøm became an apprentice with the ballet company in 1992, a member of the corps in 1994 and a soloist in 1997. In 1998, she was promoted to principal dancer. Lindstrøm's leading roles include those in ''Onegin'', ''

Swan Lake ''Swan Lake'' ( rus, Лебеди́ное о́зеро, r=Lebedínoje ózero, p=lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə, links=no ), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failu ...

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

The Nutcracker ''The Nutcracker'' (, ), Opus number, Op. 71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet (conceived as a '; ) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set on Christmas Eve at the foot of a Christmas tree in a child's imagination featuring a Nutcracker doll. Th ...

'' and Teresina in

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's ''

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''. Her Birthe in Bournonville's ''

A Folk Tale ''A Folk Tale'' () is a ballet in three acts, created in 1854 for the Royal Danish Ballet by the Danish ballet master and choreographer August Bournonville to the music of Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann and Niels W. Gade. The first performance ...

'' was described as "feisty, wacky, tempestuous" with wonderful "wild, high kicking dances and temper tantrums, interspersed with moments of near complete grace". She was considered to have given a "stellar performance" at the world première of

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's ''Requiem'' in 2006. In 2002, she performed with the

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and in 2005 with the

Royal Swedish Ballet The Royal Swedish Ballet is one of the oldest ballet companies in Europe. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, Gustav III of Sweden, King Gustav III founded the ballet in 1773 as a part of his national cultural project in response to the French and Italian ...

. She has also performed across Europe as well as in China, Japan, Africa and Brazil. Having reached the age of 40 in July 2015, she has retired as a dancer but continues to teach at the Royal Danish Ballet School.

References

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