| Biography of Gudrun Bojesen |
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| Gudrun Bojesen was born in Copenhagen in 1976. She was admitted to the Royal Danish Theatre Ballet School in 1984, apprentice in 1992, corps dancer 1994, soloist 2000 and solo dancer since 2001. |
| She has had principal soloist roles at the Royal Danish Theatre as Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake the Princess in The Nutcracker, Tatiana in Onegin, the Ballerina in Etudes, Teresina in Napoli, the title role in La Sylphide, Elenora in The Kermesse in Bruges, Hilda in A Folk Tale, Elise and Victorine in La Conservatorie, the principal female role in The Flower Festival in Genzano and Wilhelm Tell, the black angel in Serenade, the ballerina in Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 2, the principal female role in The Tin Soldier and Tarantella. |
| Also she was the first soloist in Symphony in C, the cigarette and whistle solo in Suite en Blanc, Lucille Grahn in Pas de Quatre, Eleven in Enetimen, the soloist roles in Stepping Stones, Return to a Strange land, Jazz, Halleluja Junction, Ballade Enclosed, Turandot's Dream, Vers un pays Sage, Somewhat in the Middle elevated, and Kitty in Anna Karenina. |
| Gudrun Bojesen as performed throughout most of Europe, China, Canada and the USA in numerous Bournonville ballets, including La Sylphide and Napoli at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC; A Folk Tale and Napoli in Beijing, and The Kermesse in Bruges in Italy. |
| Bojesen has received the 1997 Sven Aage Larsen Award, the 1999 Bournonville Award, the 2000 Albert Gaubier's Award. The John Audun Roager and Else Marie Duvier's Grant in 2000, Premio Positano 2001, the Hans Beck's Memorial Award 2001, the Niels Mathiasen Award 2004, and the theatre journalists Theatre Cup 2005. |
