1. Egon Madsen was born on 24 August 1942 and is a Danish ballet dancer, teacher, ballet master and company director.
17 Facts About Egon Madsen
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Egon Madsen returned to Stuttgart Ballet in 1990, first as a ballet master, then as assistant artistic director, a position he held until 1996.
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Egon Madsen remained in the troupe until it was disbanded in 2006.
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Egon Madsen began ballet training at age nine, under Thea Jolles in Aarhus.
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Egon Madsen joined the Pantomime Theatre in Tivoli Gardens, while attending private ballet classes with Birger Bartholin and Edite Frandsen.
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In 1961, when Egon Madsen was 19, he moved to Germany and joined the Stuttgart Ballet, where choreographer John Cranko had recently became the company's artistic director.
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Egon Madsen was hired as a soloist but was promoted to principal dancer.
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Egon Madsen created a role in Glen Tetley's Daphnis and Chloe, and the role of Armand Duval in John Neumeier's The Lady of the Camellias.
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In 1981, Egon Madsen was awarded the John Cranko Medal for his services to the Stuttgart Ballet and for preserving Cranko's heritage.
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Egon Madsen tried to build a mixed repertory consisting of 19th-century classics, George Balanchine's neoclassical ballets, Cranko's story ballets, and contemporary ballets.
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Egon Madsen's efforts were unsuccessful, and he left Frankfurt in 1984.
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Egon Madsen then directed the Royal Swedish Ballet between 1984 and 1986, and the ballet company at Teatro Comunale, Florence from 1986 to 1988.
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In 1999, the 57-year-old Egon Madsen began performing on stage again as a member of NDT 3, Nederlands Dans Theater's troupe consisting of dancers over age 40.
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Egon Madsen was a teacher and rehearsal director at the company.
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Egon Madsen remained in the company until it was disbanded in 2006.
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In 2015, Egon Madsen conceived and starred in the play Greyhounds, about dancers and aging, at Theaterhaus Stuttgart.
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In 2018, celebrating his 75th birthday, Egon Madsen appeared in a special programme by Gauthier Dance, performing in Don Q, Greyhounds, Bigonzetti's Cantata and 7557.