Amy Watson, new director of the Royal Danish Ballet, speaks to Alastair Macaulay

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Ashley Bouder and Jonathan Stafford in George Balanchine’s “Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto no 2”. Photograph: Paul Kolnik.

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Rachel Rutherford and Wendy Whelan in George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco. Photograph: Paul Kolnik.

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Darci Kistler as the Sleepwalker with Nikolaj Hübbe as the Poet in Balanchine’s “La Sonnambula”. Photograph: Paul Kolnik.

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Thomas Lund in August Bournonville’s “Flower Festival at Genzano” pas de deux. @Dansamanie.

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Sterling Hyltin and Robert Fairchild in the title roles of Peter Martins’s “Romeo and Juliet”. Photograph: Paul Kolnik.

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George Balanchine’s “Walpurgisnacht Ballet”

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New York City Ballet in the opening image of George Balanchine’s Serenade. Photograph: Paul Kolnik.

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Nikolaj Hübbe taking applause after his farewell performance with New York City Ballet. Photograph: Paul Kolnik.

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Damian Woetzel and Tiler Peck in Christopher Wheeldon’s Carousel (A Dance). Photograph: Paul Kolnik.

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Yvonne Borree, Ashley Bouder, Megan Fairchild, with Nikolaj Hübbe as the muses and Apollo in George Balanchine’s Apollo. Photograph: Paul Kolnik.