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for best dance performance with “Frost” choreographed by Tina
Tarpgaard. In 2012, Tim Rushton received the Bikuben’s Honorary Award. Other prizes include the award of Teaterkatten in November 2006 as best producer. In 2007 Danish Arts Foundation’s Prize for special works of art, in 2006 for the performance: “Requiem”. In 2008 Danish Theater Association's honorary award. In 2009 Wilhelm Hansen Foundation’s Honorary Award. In 2011 Friends of the Ballet’s Honorary Award.
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works for several leading companies, including New York City Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Wiener
Staatsballett and Martha Graham Dance Company. For Danish Dance Company he has created the following works: Sirene, Kentaur (winner of the Lumen Prize Nordic Award), Roaring Twenties, Ikaros, and Paysage Soudain La Nuit (restoration with dancers from A Costa Danza, Cuba and Dansk Danseteater) for Copenhagen Summer Dance.
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and theatre. Throughout her career, she has been recognized and awarded with numerous awards, e.g. BNG Excellent Dance Award 2015. Her first performance for Danish Dance
Theatre “Køter” premiered in 2024 and was a new staging of the original performance created for GöteborgOperans Danskompani in 2015. The performance toured around Denmark and is included in Danish Dance Theatre’s repertoire.
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Mascarell was appointed artistic director of Danish Dance Theater on April 1. 2023. She was born in Oliva, Spain and is a well-established choreographer. House choreographer at Korzo Theater in The Hague 2011-21, Associated Artist at Mercat de les Flors in Barcelona since 2019, and founder and
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Mascarell has created works for e.g. Nederlands Dans Theater 1 and 2, GöteborgOperans Dansekompani, Biennale de la Danse de Lyon with Lyon Opera Ballet, Skånes Dansteater, Dance Forum Tapei and The Australian Ballet, Sydney. She also collaborates with other artists in visual arts, film, music
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Theatre, Tim Rushton was nominated 10 times for the Reumert Award and received the Reumert of the Year in 1999 for "Busy Being Blue", in 2005 for "Kridt", in 2006 for "Requiem" and in 2008 for "Labyrinth". In 2010, Danish Dance Theatre received Ă…rets Reumert
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from 2001 to 2018. He started by working with a permanent ensemble of full-time dancers, and as from 2010 the company is subsidiary recipient under the Danish government’s
Finance Act. The Swedish choreographer, dancer and filmmaker Pontus Lidberg was artistic director from 2018 to 2022. In April
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Swedish choreographer, dancer and filmmaker Pontus Lidberg was Danish Dance Theatre’s artistic director from 2018 to 2022. He is educated at the Royal Swedish Ballet School and has a master's degree in Contemporary Performing Arts from the University of Gothenburg. Pontus Lidberg has created
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Rushton (MBE) was born in England and trained at the Royal Ballet Upper School, Covent Garden, London. He was employed as a ballet dancer at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein 1982-1986, Malmö Stadsteater 1985-1987, and the Royal Ballet
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