[{"id":9703,"date":"2019-03-26T11:17:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T15:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yagp.org\/?page_id=9703"},"modified":"2019-03-26T11:20:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T15:20:57","slug":"charles-andersen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yagp.org\/charles-andersen\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Andersen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nOrganization:<\/strong> Royal Danish Ballet<\/p>\n

Position:<\/strong> Former Principal Dancer, Royal Danish Ballet<\/p>\n

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\nCharles Andersen is a highly-accomplished, award-winning, classically- trained dancer with a 20-plus year performance and teaching career that\u2019s taken him around the world.<\/p>\n

Mr. Andersen, born in Southern California, started dancing in musicals at age 10 and began his training with the Anaheim Ballet at 14. Mr. Andersen took first place in Youth America Grand Prix\u2019s regional competition, and placed among the top five in the men\u2019s division at the final\u2019s in New York. Mr. Andersen was then awarded a full scholarship to The Royal Ballet School, London. He graduated Highly Commended and joined the Royal Danish Ballet, where he spent the majority of his career.<\/p>\n

Notable roles with the Royal Danish Ballet include The Mad Hatter in in Wheeldon\u2019s Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland, Lenski in Cranko\u2019s Onegin, and Marty in Tharp\u2019s Come Fly Away. His repertoire includes<\/p>\n

Balanchine\u2019s Symphony in 3, Symphony in C, and Theme and Variations. He has worked on creations by Yuri Possokhov, Jorma Elo, Christopher Wheeldon and Johan Kobborg. Mr. Andersen has been coached for their repertoire by choreographers John Neumeier, Jir\u030ci\u0301 Kylia\u0301n, and Wayne McGregor.
\nMost recently, Charles has been assisting Christopher Wheeldon in staging his production of The Winter\u2019s Tale at the Bolshoi Ballet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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