Rudolf nureyev and erik bruhn

Danish ballet dancer (–)

Erik Belton Evers Bruhn (3 October – 1 April ) was a Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, artistic director, actor, and author.

Rudolf nureyev and erik bruhn

Early life

Erik Bruhn was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, the fourth child and first son of Ellen (née Evers), owner of a hairdressing salon, and third child of Ernst Bruhn. His parents married shortly before his birth.^[1] Bruhn began training with the Royal Danish Ballet when he was nine years old, and made his unofficial début on the stage of Copenhagen's Royal Opera House in , dancing the role of Adonis in Harald Lander's ballet Thorvaldsen.^[2]

Career

He was taken permanently into the company in at the age of eighteen.

Bruhn took the first of his frequent sabbaticals from the Danish company in , dancing for six months with the short-lived Metropolitan Ballet in England, where he formed his first major partnership, with the Bulgarian ballerina Sonia Arova.

He returned to the Royal Danis