Background
He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1989.
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Alban Lendorf
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Lendorf was trained at the Royal Danish Ballet School. He became an apprentice in 2006 and in 2008 he joined the corps de ballet at the Royal Danish Ballet, where he was appointed soloist in 2010. In April 2011 he was promoted to Principal Dancer.
Career
As of May 2014, Lendorf is a guest artist with the English National Ballet. James in Louisiana Sylphide Prince Desiré in Christopher Wheeldon"s Sleeping Beauty Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake Corsaire Pas de Deux Gennaro in Napoli Apollo. Blue bird in Christopher Wheeldons Sleeping Beauty, Pas de sept in A Folk Tale, soloist in Etudes, Harlekin in Louisiana Sonnambula, soloist in Symphony in C, Dances at a Gathering, Other Dances, Donizetti Variations, Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, young gypsy in Don Quixote, soloist in.
Bournonville Variations, Les Gentilhommes, Les Lutins and the Jockeydance.
Mercutio in Sir Frederick Ashton’s Romeo & Juliet in London. Made in Denmark and Etóile & Soloist of the Royal Danish Ballet with pas de six fra Napoli and pas de deux fra Blomsterfesten i Genzano.
In August 2010 Lendorf and Hilary Guswiler danced Louisiana Sylphide and The Flower Festival in Genzano at Vail International Dance Festival 2010 in Colorado, United States of America. Jago in Othello by Louise Midjord, Eidolon by Kim Brandstup, An Elegy for Us by Iain Rowe and Bournonville variations by Thomas Lund.
Achievements
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Golden Ballet Award 2009, D.A.N.C.E. Legatet 2009, nominated as ‘Dancer of the Year‘ at Reumert 2010 and 2011. Most outstanding Male Dancer of the Year at Premio Positano "Leonide Massine" 2011. Albert Gaubiers Grant and Edith Allers Memorial Grant 2010. 2013: Benois de la Danse 2014: Reumert (Come Fly Away, Grand Pas Classique and Manon, Royal Danish Theatre).
