Former Artistic Director of The Royal Danish Ballet
Denmark
Nikolaj Hübbe was trained at the Royal Danish Theatre Ballet School and became part of the Royal Danish Ballet in 1984 where he was appointed principal dancer in 1988. In 1992, he became principal dancer at New York City Ballet. On 10 February 2008, Nikolaj Hübbe concluded his dancing career with a farewell performance in New York with the New York City Ballet. He also performed as James in La Sylphide with the Royal Danish Ballet on 2 April 2008 prior to assuming the management of the Copenhagen ballet company as artistic director.
Nikolaj Hübbe has with great respect for the original Bournonville ballets created new productions for the Royal Danish Ballet of such classics as: La Sylphide (2003, 2014 and 2020) Napoli (2009) A Folk Tale (2011).