Artistic Director of the Tivoli Ballet Theatre
Denmark
Peter Bo Bendixen will be apart of the Jury for the Semi-Finals on April 24th 2025.
Graduating from The Royal Danish Ballet School, Peter Bo Bendixen joined The Royal Danish Ballet in 1983. Two years later John Neumeier created the main part for him in Amleth. The collaboration with Neumeier led Peter Bo Bendixen to join Hamburg Ballett in 1989. In 1989 he returned to The Royal Danish Ballet, where he was appointed soloist in 1990 and principal dancer in 1993.
Peter Bo Bendixen’s repertoire at The Royal Danish Ballet included Albrecht in Giselle, Struense in Caroline Mathilde, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Onegin in Onegin, Junker Ove in A Folk Tale, and Gennaro in Napoli.
In 1997 while still performing with The Royal Danish Ballet, Peter Bo Bendixen took the reins as Artistic Director of the touring group Principals and Soloists of The Royal Danish Ballet. In 2006 Bendixen was appointed Director of Dance in Tivoli where he serves as Artistic Director of Tivoli Ballet Theatre.
As a recognized Bournonville expert Peter Bo Bendixen has performed and staged Bournonville ballets such as La Sylfide, La Ventana, Napoli, and Le Conservatoire all over the world including Brazil, China, South Africa, Germany and The United States.