Kim Brandstrup

Brandstrup, Kim (b Aarhus, 9 Jan. 1956). Danish-born, British-based choreographer. He studied film at the University of Copenhagen and choreography under Nina Fonaroff at the London Contemporary Dance School. He choreographed several works for London Contemporary Dance Theatre, including Orfeo, which won an Olivier Award in 1989. He founded Arc Dance Company in 1985. His productions are strongly influenced by the cinema, relying on striking visual imagery to tell their stories. His works for Arc include Peer Gynt (1991), Antic (based on Hamlet, 1993), Othello (1994), Saints and Shadows (1994), Crime Fictions (1996), Garden of Joys and Sorrows (1997), Les Noces (1997), and The Return of Don Juan (1999). Other work includes Sacre du printemps (1991) for Geneva Ballet, Britten's Death in Venice (1992) for the Royal Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, White Nights for English National Ballet, Mysteries (1994), and the full-length Cupid and Psyche (mus. Kim Helweg, 1997) for the Royal Danish Ballet, Eidolon (1996) for Rambert Dance Company, and Sleeping Beauty (1998) for the New Zealand Ballet.