Is there ballets performed in Denmark or Copenhagen??

Ballets were performed at the court in Copenhagen from the second half of the 16th century and were heavily influenced by French taste. In 1722 the Lille Gr酶nnegade Theatre was built to stage Danish work, with dance playing a popular role in many of its productions and in 1748 the Theatre Royal (built to accommodate ballet, opera, and theatre) became home to the Royal Danish Ballet. This company has dominated Danish dance ever since. At first it was run by a series of French and Italian ballet masters, most outstandingly Galeotti, who radically improved its standards. Between 1775 and 1811 Galeotti produced a repertoire of over 50 ballets and divertissements, one of which, The Whims of Cupid (1786), is still performed today. Under Antoine Bournonville's direction (1816-23) ballet declined but the advent of his son August turned the company into a major artistic force. August Bournonville was not only a performer of inspiring virtuosity but proved to be the greatest choreographer the country has ever produced, creating over 50 ballets many of which still form the basis of the company's repertoire today. He also reorganized the education of dancers and during his years as director (1829-75) he tightly controlled both school and company to ensure strict standards, so much so that while ballet suffered a marked decline in both quality and popularity in the rest of Europe, it enjoyed a renaissance in Denmark. After Bournonville's death the company deteriorated, though Beck and Borchsenius tried to preserve some of the former's works, but it revived dramatically under Harald Lander's direction (1932-51) and under subsequent directors it has established a world-wide reputation performing not only its Bournonville heritage but also a wide 20th-century repertoire (see also Royal Danish Ballet). Other dance activity in the country has received relatively little encouragement, though from the 1970s onwards some small modern dance companies have emerged, the most successful being the New Danish Dance Theatre and Uppercut Danseteater. In 1997 the city of Holtsebro invited Peter Schaufuss to establish a new company, the Peter Schaufuss Ballet Company, to serve the Jutland area.