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entry that the dancer's career had no drama in it "and has largely followed the beaten path. This calm development from ballet child over the youthfully cheerful soubrette to the tragedy roles in
Russian bravura style was due in equal parts to willpower, stubbornness and the right people's
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She was in a relationship with the film worker Ulrik Wivel from 1986 to 1992. Ryom was married to the ballet dancer Julian
Ringdahl from 1995 to 1999. She was the mother of one child. On the afternoon of 5 October 2013, Ryom died of a sudden brain haemorrhage.
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She retired as a solo dancer at the age of 41 in 1997, and became both a character dancer and educator from that year on. Ryom made the request to retire and did instructional tasks inside and outside the Royal
Theatre. In late 1999, she hosted the ballet
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two years later. In 1982, Ryom was appointed principal solo dancer at the Royal Danish
Theatre before retiring from her position as a solo dancer in 1997 and became a character dancer and educator. She was appointed
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the following year. She was appointed solo dancer (principal) at the Royal Danish
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