(492) Amy Watson, Artistic Director of the Royal Danish Ballet

About this episode

Amy Watson discusses her journey as a dancer and her vision for the Royal Danish Ballet as its Artistic Director.

Listen to Conversations on Dance ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/conversationsondance On today's episode of "Conversations On Dance", we are joined by Amy Watson, Artistic Director of the Royal Danish Ballet. Amy relays her experience as an American born dancer adjusting to the Bournonville style in her first years with the company, before she landed major opportunities leading to her promotion to principal. Amy also opens up about her many plans for the company since securing the role of Artistic Director, including the immense care she is putting into the Bournonville legacy, building new repertoire of the company and providing the dancers with myriad opportunities to explore all avenues of styles and choreography. If you are in the Copenhagen area, you can catch Akram Khan's "Lady Macbeth" until May 19th, and the final program of the season "Giant Steps" featuring the works of George Balanchine and Christopher Wheeldon from May 21st until June 6th.  LINKS: Website: conversationsondancepod.com Instagram: @conversationsondance COD Merch Listen to COD on YouTube Join our email list Sponsorship information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for…

People in this episode

Hosts: Michael Sean Breeden, Rebecca King Ferraro

Guest: Amy Watson

Topics covered

• dance
• ballet
• artistic direction
• Bournonville style
• repertoire development

Keywords

• Amy Watson
• Royal Danish Ballet
• Bournonville
• dance repertoire
• Copenhagen

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Royal Danish Ballet

Places: Copenhagen

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