Impressive how Bellevue Theatre’s Summer Ballet can range from Flemming Flindt’s seductive and brutal classic to Gentofte tribal dance with a Brazilian boost.

A ballet thriller on abuse reaches new heights at Bellevue Theatre

Alban lendorf's psychopathic nerd drives himself into a manic dance frenzy until his victim is left lifeless over the ballet barre. Foto: Christina Hauschildt
Alban lendorf's psychopathic nerd drives himself into a manic dance frenzy until his victim is left lifeless over the ballet barre. Foto: Christina Hauschildt
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So there we were, applauding. It was indeed powerful dance. But we were applauding a sadistic abuser and his young female student, who is forced further and further into excruciating toe dance, eventually being strangled over the ballet barre.

As if the audience here at Bellevue Theatre, myself included, had forgotten all about #MeToo, sexism, abuse in the artistic industry, and the overwhelming number of femicides?

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