Throwback Thursday and Eric Bruhn
Eric Bruhn was trained in Denmark and graduated from the
Royal Danish Ballet School in 1947.
Despite this traditional background and the fact that he was often called
“the perfect prince”; a New York Times
writer states: “The truth was that
passion was at the heart of every Bruhn performance”.
He performed with many companies but mostly with The Royal
Danish Ballet and American Ballet Theater.
He introduced many of Bournonville’s work to North American companies,
including staging La Sylphide for the National Ballet of
Canada.
Like so many great dancers, he was perfectionist who set the
standards for many of his contemporaries.
His notable partnership with Carla Fracci remains one of the most
memorable in dance history. A short
publication involving an interview with Eric Bruhn called Beyond Technique is a wonderful look inside the mind of a great
performer who always did, indeed, go beyond technique.
Despite his abilities and his ranking as one of the best male
ballet dancers of all time, Eric Bruhn is not a household word, like Mikhail
Baryshnikov and Rudolf Nureyev.
Eric Bruhn died of
lung cancer in 1986. He was 57 years
old.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #36:
“Eric Bruhn exemplified the classical male ballet dancer, and was often
called ‘the perfect prince’.”
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of the Day:
“If I can stop one heart from breaking, I
shall not live in vain.”
-
Emily Dickinson
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