{"id":58609,"date":"2024-08-15T06:19:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T06:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/?p=58609"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:21:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:21:57","slug":"kopenhagen-neue-direktorin-und-probleme-in-der-schule-des-koeniglichen-balletts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/kopenhagen-neue-direktorin-und-probleme-in-der-schule-des-koeniglichen-balletts\/","title":{"rendered":"Kopenhagen: Neue Direktorin und Probleme in der Schule des K\u00f6niglichen Balletts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bereits im Mai hatte Nikolaj H\u00fcbbe, Direktor des K\u00f6niglich D\u00e4nischen Balletts in Kopenhagen seit 2008, seinen R\u00fcckzug zum Ende der Spielzeit 2026 angek\u00fcndigt. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt l\u00e4uft sein Vertrag ohnehin aus. Die Suche nach einem Nachfolger l\u00e4uft also bereits, nun aber ernannte Kasper Holten, Direktor des Opernhauses, sehr \u00fcberraschend die ehemalige Solistin und Ballettmeisterin <strong>Amy Watson<\/strong> (43) zur neuen Direktorin des Balletts, denn H\u00fcbbe hat sich langfristig krank gemeldet.\u00a0Die Amerikanerin Watson absolvierte die School of American Ballet in New York und tanzte zun\u00e4chst zwei Jahre im Suzanne Farrell Ballet, bevor sie 2000 nach D\u00e4nemark ging. Dort stieg sie zur Ersten Solistin auf, seit ihrem Karriereeende 2021 ist sie Ballettmeisterin. Ihre Ernennung zur Interims-Direktorin erfolgt nun, damit im laufenden Betrieb notwendige Entscheidungen getroffen werden k\u00f6nnen, so Theaterdirektor Holten.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_58611\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58611\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-58611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/standard_201418Oct_0402-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/standard_201418Oct_0402-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/standard_201418Oct_0402-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/standard_201418Oct_0402-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/standard_201418Oct_0402-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/standard_201418Oct_0402.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amy Watson in \u201cLa Sylphide\u201d \u00a9 Costin Radu\/Royal Danish Theatre Medienarchiv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nach Berichten d\u00e4nischer Zeitungen ist H\u00fcbbes Krankmeldung auf Vorw\u00fcrfe ehemaliger Sch\u00fcler der Ballettschule des Theaters zur\u00fcckzuf\u00fchren. Die \u00f6ffentlich-rechtliche Rundfunkanstalt Danmarks Radio berichtete \u00fcber eine \u201einakzeptable Unterrichtsatmosph\u00e4re\u201c, Essst\u00f6rungen und Depressionen. Die Berichte der ehemaligen Studierenden reichen von den 1970er Jahren bis in die Gegenwart, die Umst\u00e4nde h\u00e4tten sich aber im Verlauf der Zeit gebessert. Die Untersuchung einer vom Theater beauftragen Anwaltskanzlei kam zum Schluss, dass die schlechten Bedingungen nicht auf Einzelpersonen zur\u00fcckzuf\u00fchren sind, sondern vielmehr auf \u201esystemische Bedingungen und die Kultur der Ballettschule\u201c. Der Vorstandsvorsitzende des Theaters Lars Barfoed entschuldige sich bei ehemaligen Ballettsch\u00fclern, der Vorstand erhob Anklage gegen Holten und H\u00fcbbe, weil sie \u201enicht ausreichend Verantwortung f\u00fcr das Unterrichtsumfeld an der Ballettschule \u00fcbernommen haben\u201c. Holten und H\u00fcbbe entschuldigten sich ebenfalls. Die Kanzlei schl\u00e4gt Entsch\u00e4digungszahlungen an ehemalige Sch\u00fcler vor.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Copenhagen: New Director and Problems at the Royal Ballet School<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In May, Nikolaj H\u00fcbbe, Director of the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen since 2008, announced his resignation at the end of the 2026 season. His contract was due to expire at that time anyway. The search for a successor is already underway, but now Kasper Holten, Director of the Opera House, has surprisingly appointed former soloist and ballet master <strong>Amy Watson<\/strong> (43) as the new director of the ballet, as H\u00fcbbe has reported long-term illness.<br \/>\nAmerican Watson graduated from the School of American Ballet in New York and danced for two years with the Suzanne Farrell Ballet before moving to Denmark in 2000. There, she rose to the rank of First Soloist, and since her retirement in 2021, she has been a ballet master. Her appointment as interim director is now being made so that necessary decisions can be made during ongoing operations, according to Theatre Director Holten.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_58612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58612\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-58612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/standard_compressed_CR_20120418_0991-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/standard_compressed_CR_20120418_0991-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/standard_compressed_CR_20120418_0991-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/standard_compressed_CR_20120418_0991-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/standard_compressed_CR_20120418_0991-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/standard_compressed_CR_20120418_0991.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amy Watson in George Balanchines &#8220;Agon&#8221; \u00a9 Costin Radu\/Den Kongelige Ballet 2011\u00a0 Medienarchiv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to Danish newspapers, H\u00fcbbe\u2019s sick leave is due to allegations from former students of the theatre\u2019s ballet school. The public broadcaster Danmarks Radio reported on an \u201cunacceptable teaching atmosphere,\u201d eating disorders, and depression. The reports from former students span from the 1970s to the present, but the conditions have improved over time. An investigation by a law firm commissioned by the theatre concluded that the poor conditions were not due to individuals but rather to \u201csystemic conditions and the culture of the ballet school.\u201d The theatre\u2019s chairman, Lars Barfoed, apologised to former ballet students, and the board charged Holten and H\u00fcbbe with \u201cnot taking sufficient responsibility for the teaching environment at the ballet school.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bereits im Mai hatte Nikolaj H\u00fcbbe, Direktor des K\u00f6niglich D\u00e4nischen Balletts in Kopenhagen seit 2008, seinen R\u00fcckzug zum Ende der Spielzeit 2026 angek\u00fcndigt. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt l\u00e4uft sein Vertrag ohnehin aus. Die Suche nach einem Nachfolger l\u00e4uft also bereits, nun aber ernannte Kasper Holten, Direktor des Opernhauses, sehr \u00fcberraschend die ehemalige Solistin und Ballettmeisterin Amy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":58610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsroom"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58613,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58609\/revisions\/58613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}