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Petrusjka Broholm
Petrusjka Broholm
Biography of Petrusjka Broholm

Petrusjka Broholm was born in 1969. Petrusjka Broholm was trained at the Ballet School of the Royal Theatre. Petrusjka Broholm became an apprentice in 1984, and in 1986 she was engaged as a dancer by the Royal Danish Ballet. From 1991 she was engaged by the Deutche Oper Ballet in Berlin as Soloist, but returned to the Royal Danish Ballet, where she was appointed soloist in 1995.
Petrusjka Broholm has danced a number of roles with the Royal Danish Ballet, including the student in The Lesson, Clara in The Nutcracker, Svanilda in Coppelia, Teresina and Pas de six in Napoli, Eleonora and Johanna in The Kermesse in Bruges, Effy in La Sylphide, Birthe in A Folk Tale, Kaisa in TheMoon Reindeer, Hermia in a Midsummer Night's Dream, Valencienne in The Marry Widow, Eliza in The Conservatory, Pulcinella in Pulcinella and Pimpinella and Olga in Onegin, Romeo and Juliet, Giselle, Flower Festival in Gensano, and further soloist roles in Abdallah, Cinderella, The Waltz Project, Serait ce la mort, Agon, Swan Lake, Catalyst, Ash, Among others, Bach Suite no. 5, Symfony in C, Agon, Themes and Variations, Jeu de Cartes.
Petrusjka Broholm has been awarded several grants; DANCE-grant, Svenåge Larsens Grant, Hans Brenås Grant, IBM, Bournonville-grant and Schønberg Grant.
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Dance Committee
Lisa Resling Halpern
Co-Chair
Hanne Hochheim
Co-Chair
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