Photo: Erik Berg
When the audience can't come to the Opera, the Opera comes to the audience. On Wednesday, June 10, the Norwegian National Ballet will be dancing on the roof terrace at the top of the Loen Skylift.
- "We're looking forward to dancing for you," says Head of Ballet Ingrid Lorentzen, who will host the performance. The Norwegian National Ballet will present a 30-minute performance of classical and modern ballet.
Guests will be able to experience some of the best dancers in Norway and the world:
Photo: Erik Berg
Leyna Magbutay and Martin Dauchez dance a pas da deux - dance for two - from the classic ballet Giselle
Nae Nishimura dances Death of a Swan by Michel Fokine.
Nae Nishimura, Rebekah Bloomfield, Johanne Wien Pedersen, Astrid Lyngstad and Sofie Ruthenbeck dance Resin, a humorous modern ballet that plays with classical ballet, created by Alexander Ekman
Daniela Cabrera and Yoel Carreño dance en pas de deux from the ballet Le Corsaire
Isabel Vila and Gakuro Matsui dance a pas de deux from the classic ballet La Sylphide.
The Norwegian National Ballet is Norway's only ballet company and is based at the Oslo Opera House. They dance classical ballets such as Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker, as well as modern works by major international choreographers and new works.
Ingrid Lorentzen has been the director of the Norwegian National Ballet since 2012, after many years as a soloist in the company. There are a total of 75 dancers in the main company and the company for young dancers, Nasjonalballetten UNG.
The dancers come from all over the world. Dancing at Hoven are Japanese Leyna, Nae and Gakuro, French Martin, Spanish Isabel, Canadian Rebekah, Cuban Daniela and Yoel, and Norwegian Sofie, Astrid and Johanne.
The Norwegian National Ballet's in-house director Marit Moum Aune is behind the concept "The National Ballet is coming!". She has created some of the company's greatest successes and is a renowned theater and film director. Since May 8, more than 20 local nursing homes and a prison have experienced ballet in the preview performance "The Norwegian National Ballet is coming!" in Oslo. The success is being extended with a tour to Østfold, Innlandet and Vestland, in collaboration with their main partners OBOS and Norsk Tipping.
Time: Wednesday, June 10, 19:00-19:30.
Hoven The restaurant serves tasty dishes and is open from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Book a table here.
Note that due to Covid-19 there is reduced capacity at the Loen Skylift, and we recommend that they arrive in good time. Remember to keep distance.
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