Astrid Elbo
Born: 1994
Nationality: Danish
Education: The Royal Danish Ballet School, 2001-10
Career: Joined the Royal Danish Ballet as an apprentice in 2010, became a member of the corps de ballet in 2012 and was promoted to soloist in 2018 and Principal Dancer in 2023.
Highlights from the repertoire with the Royal Danish Ballet:
Odette/Odile in Swanlake (Hubbe/Schandorff), Lady Macbeth in Lady Macbeth (Akram Khan), Hilda in A Folktale (Bornonville), Karen Blixen in Blixen (Dean), Sugarplumfairy and Dew drop in The Nutcracker (Balanchine), Queen of Hearts in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Christopher Wheeldon), Art of the Fugue (Ratmansky) Solo Girl in Rubies (Balanchine), Posthorn in Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler (John Neumeier), The Fairy Godmother and The Wicked Stepsister in Cinderella (Dean), pas de trois in Swan Lake (Nikolaj Hübbe and Silja Schandorff), Dryade Queen and Juanita in Don Quixote (Hübbe) and Prudence and Nanina in The Lady of the Camellias (Neumeier).
Other featured roles: Vertical Road (Akram Khan), Falling Angels (Jiří Kylián), Minus 7 (Ohad Naharin), The Dante Project (McGregor), Infra (Wayne McGregor), Symphony of Psalms (Jiří Kylián).
Creations:
Lady Macbeth in Lady Macbeth by Akram Khan 2026, Pierre by Bobbi Jene Smith 2022, Madame de Tourvel in Dangerous Liaisons by Cathy Marston, 2017, Shaken Mirror by Kim Brandstrup, 2016, Know by Idan Sharabi, 2015, Strangers by Sebastian Kloborg, 2015, Olivia in Twelfth Night by Nikolaj Hübbe, 2014, and Rosa in The Stolen Spring by Esther Lee Wilkinson, 2011
Guest performances:
The Pianist in The Lesson by Flemming Flindt, 2026
And the Death/Woman in Le Jeune Homme et la Mort,by Roland Petit, at Bellevue Theater, 2026. Pas de deux from Othello by John Neumeier, Nijinsky Gala, Hamburg, 2021.
Has been a core member of the international tour Verdensballetten since 2021.
Other engagements:
Mary in Mary vs Elizabeth I, 2026, Freja in I AM GOLD, 2023, Bonnie in Bonnie og Clyde, all creations by Signe Fabricius and Elisa Kragerup at Betty Nansen Theater.
Waiting Places by Bobbi Jene Smith og Or Schraiber, 2024 Edison.
Astrid had her debut as an actress as Polly in Birgitte Stærmose’s movie Darling, 2017.
As a choreographer Astrid has created:
Soloperformance ob(e)ject, Blaagaard Theater 2026,
Hamlet undone, Verdensballetten 2026,
Ophelia (unfinished), EQUINOX festival 2026
Folkeviser, Betty Nansen Theater, 2025, nominated musical theatre of the year at the Reumerts.
Astrid Elbo is a founder and member of the performance duo La Mia Bella Sorella together with the violinist Katrine Grarup Elbo
Awards:
Reumert Award for Dancer of the Year, 2020, Wilhelm Hansen Fondens Honorary Grant 2022, Minister Erna Hamiltons Grant 2020, Queen Ingrid’s Honorary Grant, 2018, The Neel Resling Halpern Foundation’s Grant, 2017, Balletmaster Albert Gaubier and Poul Waldorff’s Grant, 2016, Balletmaster Hans Bech’s Grant, 2016, Talent prize from the Friends of the Royal Danish Ballet, 2014, and the Royal Danish Ballet’s “Colleague of the year”, 2015.
