Johan Kobborg

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 the 2006-05-15 performance of Sleeping Beauty at the Royal Ballet.

Johan Kobborg (born 1972 in Odense, Denmark) is a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in London.

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 in La 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 2006 Laurence 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 and Teatro 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]

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