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| Erik Aschengreen, 88, Dies; Historian and Critic Illuminated Danish Dance | Erik Aschengreen, 88, Dies; Historian and Critic Illuminated Danish Dance |
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| Erik Aschengreen, an eminent dance critic and scholar who did much to show the international importance and history of Danish ballet while also exploring aspects of French, American and other dance traditions, died on Sept. 9 in Copenhagen. He was 88. | Erik Aschengreen, an eminent dance critic and scholar who did much to show the international importance and history of Danish ballet while also exploring aspects of French, American and other dance traditions, died on Sept. 9 in Copenhagen. He was 88. |
| His husband, Per Morsing, said the cause was an aortic rupture. Mr. Aschengreen had been treated for amyloidosis, a rare disease that can lead to organ failure. | His husband, Per Morsing, said the cause was an aortic rupture. Mr. Aschengreen had been treated for amyloidosis, a rare disease that can lead to organ failure. |
| No ballet company stays frozen in amber. Yet the Royal Danish Ballet, from the late 19th century to just after World War II, kept an exceptionally large part of its 19th-century repertory and traditions going, though they were scarcely known outside Denmark. | No ballet company stays frozen in amber. Yet the Royal Danish Ballet, from the late 19th century to just after World War II, kept an exceptionally large part of its 19th-century repertory and traditions going, though they were scarcely known outside Denmark. |
| Having been preserved, Danish dance rapidly won acclaim across Europe and in the United States from the late 1940s on. It was during this period that Mr. Aschengreen, then in his teens, began to discover ballet. | Having been preserved, Danish dance rapidly won acclaim across Europe and in the United States from the late 1940s on. It was during this period that Mr. Aschengreen, then in his teens, began to discover ballet. |
| Over the ensuing decades he built up expertise and authority. While Danish dancers like Erik Bruhn, Peter Martins, Ib Andersen and Nikolaj Hübbe enjoyed long careers in America, bringing renown to the Danish tradition, and while the Royal Danish Ballet brought its treasured 19th-century Romantic and neo-Classical ballets by August Bournonville to American cities, the larger historical context of Danish ballet became better understood internationally thanks in particular to the work of Mr. Aschengreen, who wrote and lectured in Denmark, the United States and elsewhere. | |
| The 1979, 1992, and 2005 festivals of Bournonville’s ballets flooded the Royal Danish Theater in Copenhagen with dance authorities from many countries. Mr. Aschengreen did much to welcome, entertain and enlighten them as a spokesman at many presentations by the Danish company. |