| Biography of Silja Schandorff |
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| Silja Schandorff was born in 1969. She was admitted to the Royal Danish Theatre Ballet School in 1975, apprentice in 1985, corps dancer in 1987, soloist in 1991 and solo dancer since 1992. |
| Her principal lead and title roles at the Royal Danish Theatre include the title roles in La Sylphide, Manon and Caroline Mathilde, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, Kitri in Don Quixote, the Ballerina in Etudes, the title role and Myrtha in Giselle, Hilda and Birthe in A Folk Tale, Hippolyta/Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hannah Glavari in The Merry Widow, Penelope in The Odyssey, the Princess and the adult Clara in The Nutcracker. |
| Her principal soloist appearances at the Royal Danish Theatre include Seniorita in La Ventana, Pas de Trois in Corsaire, Eliza in La Conservatoire, White in Serait-ce La Mort,Allegro Brilliante,Yesterday,Whitness,Gait Parisienne, Mahler's 5th Symphony - Adagietto, the Ballerina in Piano Concerto No. 2,Symphony in C.2, Movement,Rubies,The River,Partita,Polacca,Violin Concerto,Bhakti 3, La Cigarette/Pas de deux in Suite en Blanc,Serenade,Tzigane, the Pianist in Enetime, Barbers Violin Concerto, Concerto 2. movement, the Snow Queen in The Nutcracker, Palmyra in Abdallah, Return to a Strange Land,Stepping Stones,In the Middl,; Somewhat Elevate,; Therpsichore in Apollo,: pas de deux in Ago,; Tchaikovsky's pas de deux, and The Sleepwalker. |
| Other appearances include Juliet in Romeo and Juliet with the Boston Ballet, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake with the New York City Ballet, Bethena in Elit Syncopation, Serenade and Concerto with the National Ballet of Canada, The Three Musketeers with the Australian Ballet, a tour of South Africa and South America with Principals and Soloists from the Royal Danish Ballet; the Ballerina in Aveny T's The Nutcracker, Duo Concertant at Tivoli Gala in Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, and a number of other gala performances in Europe and the USA. |
| Her creations include Polacca, Partita, Homage a Bournonville, Andante, Hvisken og svæven and Sonata for 7 by Anna Lærkesen, Yesterday by John Neumeier, 123-12 by I. Andersen, Das Lied von der Erde by Konstantin Patzalas, Concerto in Pieces by Lila York, Swan Lake and Octet by Peter Martins, Bela by Tim Rushton, and Lord Knows I can be Strong by Louise Midjord with music by Swan Lee. |
| Her awards include first Prize in the Erik Bruhn Competition in 1989, the 2001 Reumert Award as Dancer of the Year, The 2000 European Prize, the Albert Gaubier's Travel Grant and the Tagea Brandt's Travel Grant. |
