Frank Andersen

Andersen was trained at the Royal Danish Ballet from the age of seven. He also studied under Vera Volkova, Stanley Williams and Nora Kiss. He first danced with the company in 1971 and became a solo dancer in 1977. In 1976, supported by Dinna Bjørn, he was the originator of the Bournonville Group which danced around the world presenting Bournonville's ballets. His first term as artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet was from 1985–1994. From 1995–1999, he was the artistic director of the Royal Swedish Ballet and from 2002–2008 he was again artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet. He has directed several productions of August Bournonville's ballets.[http://www.das-ny.org/moty2004_frankandersen.htm "Artistic Director Frank Andersen - Person of the Year 2004"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325044736/http://www.das-ny.org/moty2004_frankandersen.htm |date=2012-03-25 }}, Danish American Society. Retrieved 20 July 2011. Since 1997, he has been an advisor to the National Ballet of China, visiting the People’s Republic on many occasions.Renee Renouf, "Interview with Frank Andersen", Ballet Magazine, July 2002. His dancing has been qualified as conveying love of life, humour and charm in roles such as Geert in The Kermesse in Bruges, Gurn in La Sylphide, Frants in Coppélia, and Puck in John Neumeier's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1980).[http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Dans/Klassisk_og_modern-_Dansere_og_koreografer_i_Danmark/Frank_Andersen "Frank Andersen"], Den Store Danske. (in Danish) Retrieved 20 July 2011.

In 2010, Andersen, together with his wife Eva Kloborg, also a ballet dancer and choreographer, instructed a group of Vietnamese dancers from the Vietnam National Opera & Ballet in Bournonville's ballet. This culminated in major presentations at the Hanoi Opera House on 29 and 30 May 2010 with performances of Conservatory (1849) and Flower Festival in Genzano (1858).{{cite web|url=http://www.ambhanoi.um.dk/da/menu/OmOs/Nyheder/VietnamesiskeDansereFremfoerteKlassiskBournonvilleBallet.htm?wbc_purpose=basic&WBCMODE=presentationunpublished&printmode=True|title=Vietnamesiske dansere fremførte klassisk Bournonville ballet|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark|accessdate=21 July 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001102450/http://www.ambhanoi.um.dk/da/menu/OmOs/Nyheder/VietnamesiskeDansereFremfoerteKlassiskBournonvilleBallet.htm?wbc_purpose=basic&WBCMODE=presentationunpublished&printmode=True|archivedate=1 October 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

In 2010 and 2013 he was a head of the jury at the Prix de Lausanne ballet competition.

In 2015 he Frank Andersen held a lecture at the Scandinavian Heritage Foundation.{{cite web|author=Joan Fredriksson|url=http://www.swedishpress.com/content/internationally-recognized-ballet-director-frank-andersen-presents-shf-lecture|title=Internationally recognized Ballet Director Frank Andersen presents SHF Lecture|publisher=Swedish Press|date=30 January 2015|access-date=30 June 2019|archive-date=30 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630225359/http://www.swedishpress.com/content/internationally-recognized-ballet-director-frank-andersen-presents-shf-lecture|url-status=dead}}

• Napoli, Monte Carlo Ballet (1988)
• A Folk Tale, Royal Danish Ballet (1991)
• La Sylphide, National Ballet of China and Royal Swedish Ballet (1999)

• Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, first grade
• Prize of Honor, Berlingske Foundation (2000)
• The Dance Magazine Award (2002)
• Margot Lander's Grant of Honor (2003)

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