Kirk, Mette-Ida

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Mette-Ida Kirk Biography

Notable: Born 1955; Royal Danish Ballet

Mette-Ida Kirk was born in Denmark in 1955. She studied at the Ballet School of the Royal Theatre and joined the Royal Danish Ballet. She was only 19 years old when John Neumeier in 1974 chose her to dance Juliet in his Romeo and Juliet. Promoted to principal dancer in 1979. Unfortunately her career was plagued by injuries and she went through many operations.

Some of her most important roles were in Concerto Barocco 1981, Kermesse in Brugges 1979, Agon 1988, A Midsummer Nights Dream 1990, Mahlers 5th Symphony 1994, Serait-ce la Mort 1990, A Folk Tale 1979 and La Sylphide 1986.