Jan 30, 2021
Emily Hoff in The Conservatory, Royal Ballet School, July 2017. © Johan Persson.
Bournonville’s deceptively modest choreographic style is a challenge for dancers not trained in his technique. Diana Cuni Mancini, formerly a soloist with the Danish Royal Ballet, coached the students from White Lodge and 1st year of the Upper School to present themselves with ease, as if their intricate batterie was no effort at all. The star pupils, Emily Hoff and Ginevra Zambon, raised their legs à la seconde higher than Bournonville would have approved, but that’s what today’s dancers do.
