- Johan Kobborg
Infobox Person
name=Johan Kobborg
birth_date=birth year and age|1972
birth_place=Odense ,Denmark
occupation = Principal Dancer,Royal Ballet
website = http://www.kobborg.co.uk
residence = United Kingdom
caption = Kobborg takes a current call at the2006-05-15 performance of Sleeping Beauty at the Royal Ballet.Johan Kobborg (born 1972 in
Odense ,Denmark ) is aprincipal dancer with theRoyal Ballet inLondon .Kobborg started his career with the
Royal Danish Ballet School in 1988 (at age age|1972|1|1|1988|1|1). He became a full-time member in 1991 and principal dancer in 1994, after his debut as James inLa Sylphide . He joined the Royal Ballet in 1999 [cite news | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/07/arts/dance/07kobb.html | title = A Star Dancer Looks for a New World to Conquer | first = Roslyn | last = Sulcas | date = 2007-02-07 | publisher = The New York Times | accessdate = 2008-07-13] , and has danced most of the leading parts in the repertory mdash among them, the Prince (Nutcracker , Cinderella), Sigfried, Romeo, Onegin, Albrecht, Oberon, Rudolf, Des Grieux, Désiré and Prince Florimund.Kobborg has also been the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including the Nureyev International Competition (Grand Prix 1994), USA International Competition, Jackson, USA (Grand Prix 1994) and the
Erik Bruhn Competition (1993) and received a 2006Laurence Olivier Award nomination for his production of La Sylphide.His guests appearances include dancing with the
Mariinsky Ballet ,Bolshoi Ballet ,La Scala Ballet ,National Ballet of Canada ,Hamburg Ballet ,Stuttgart Ballet andTeatro San Carlo ,Naples .He is frequently partnered by Romanian dancer
Alina Cojocaru , who is also his offstage partner. [cite news | url = http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/body_and_soul/article1360241.ece | title = Not just anybody: Alina Cojocaru | last = Deeley | first = Laura | publisher = Times Online | accessdate = 2008-07-13]References
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