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Karina has been mentioned in various articles around the world, and has also been part of many ballet productions throughout her career.
Ballet fairytale captivates Split audience
“According to the descendant of the Danish choreographer, the Split performance was extraordinary, and he said that he hasn’t seen a show of this level of quality for years. This 180-year old original version is performed all over the world.”
Beautiful return to romance with “La Sylphide”
“For, this ballet, which brings us back to some now long gone romantic times in which we used to read and watch black-and-white movies, in addition to dancing skills which, according to Danish dance school, places the emphasis on the leg movements, also requires acting and mimicking skills”
Publication: vecernji.hr
Dane brings the oldest ballet blanc in the world, to Split
“The ballet was first performed in 1832 at the Paris Opera, and the Danish dancer and choreographer August Bournonville created his own version based on its libretto four years later. The Split premiere will also be choreographed by a Dane - Karina Elver - and its costumes and set will be copied from the Danish original.”
Publication: slobodnadalmacija.hr
La Sylphide
“Bournonville mounted his own production based on the original libretto (by Adolphe Nourrit, who adapted the story from various sources) with music by Herman Severin Løvenskiold. It is on this version, with staging and additional choreography by Karin Elver, that the Colorado Ballet's production is based.”
Publication: coloradodrama.com
LA SYLPHIDE: NEŠŤASTNÁ LÁSKA S NOBLESOU
“Autorem je dán August Bournonvill, který patří k nejvýznamnějším baletním osobnostem celé světové historie. V Česku se poprvé tento balet objevil v Národním divadle v roce 2008. Na prkna ostravského divadla zamířil nyní v nastudování dánské choreografky Kariny Elver.”
Publication: Generace 21
La Sylphide - premiera klasickeho romantickeho baletu
“Danska choreografka Karina Elver nastuduje s ostravskymi tanecniky klasicke dilo baletni literatury - balet La Sylphide podle puvodni ghoreografie Augusta Bournonvilla.”
Publication: Narodni Divaldo Moravskoslezke
Collection of articles from around the world
“Karina has been mentioned in a great deal of articles throughout her career.”
Publication: Various worldwide publications
Ellison Ballet Spring Showcase 2014
“Pas de Sept from A Folk Tale, staged by Karina, was part of the Ellison Ballet Spring Showcase 2014”
Publication: Ellison Ballet Spring Showcase 2014
The Trocks, an All-Male Dance Troupe, Balance Camp and Skill
“Ms. Elver, a former Royal Danish Ballet dancer, was in Midtown Manhattan rehearsing Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, the New York-based all-male troupe whose dancers play both male and female roles, and which delights in both the campy aspect of female drag and in the excesses and stereotypes of classical ballet.”
Publication: nytimes.com
Notes from New York.
“There were little jokes, often involving the disparities in height beterrn the cast's four tall 'ballerinas' and two shorter 'cavaliers', but what made the production noteworthy was its footwork and bounce, its genuine Bournonville brio.”
Publication: dancing-times.co.uk
The Trocks Delight With Fabulous Charm
“The absurdity and the adorability are perfectly fused in the latest addition to the Trockadero repertory, the pas de six from August Bournonville’s “Napoli” (1842).”
Publication: nytimes.com
Colorado Ballet opens 55th season with stunning performance of La Sylphide
“Everything about it—the sets, the costumes, the music, the dances, the story—are breathtakingly beautiful at every turn. For its sheer beauty, this is a performance not to be missed.”
Publication: Examiner.com
Fragile beauty in the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre
“The staging of this piece was done by Danish choreographer and former soloist of the Royal Danish Ballet Karina Elver, who has years of experience in the Bournonville technique and building his choreography.”
Publication: Tanecni Aktuality
Interview with our Sylph Olga Borisova-Pračikovou
“The rehearsals with Karina Elver have been very challenging and at times also funny, because Karina is amazing with gestures and acting. When we modeled the characters, I could not take my eyes from her.”
Publication: Opera Plus
Collection of programs from around the world
“Karina has been involved in ballets all over the world, throughout her career.”
Publication: Various programs