#ib andersen

[balanchine-ballet-master]

Ib Andersen in Balanchine's Mozartiana, 1981.

Photo: Martha Swope

[tomoleary]

Ib Andersen “Tivoli Gardens” (1943)

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[galina-ulanova]

Ib Andersen, Suzanne Farrell and Jock Soto in Mozartiana (NYCB)

[barbiescanner]

Merrill Ashley and Ib Andersen of the New York City Ballet shot by Arthur Elgort 1980

[galina-ulanova]

Ib Andersen and Suzanne Farrell in Mozartiana (NYCB)

[lisamarie-vee]

[joachimkrudtson]

Ib Andersen from Nakskov has died

A true representative from his part of our country is no more

Ib Andersen from Nakskov represented everything about Lolland as this part of Denmark is today. A part of Denmark neglected by our government where the future is about surviving rather than dreaming and building a future

Ib Andersen was a stand-up man, a man proud of his past, a man who even at some point undertook the task of building his own ship so he and his son could go fishing despite the heavy bureaucracy sent down from Copenhagen to keep the local population suppressed.

He lived a hard life. Despite reaching out into the globalized world hoping to find a wife, he died lonely. It is not well deserved for a man who went through so much and fought so hard.

But life is simply not fair anymore. May he find peace where he is now

[galina-ulanova]

Patricia McBride and Ib Andersen in Rubies (NYCB, 1980)