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Sebastian Kloborg was born in Copenhagen in 1986. At the age of 13 he started his studies at the Royal Danish Ballet School, graduating in 2003 and joined the Royal Danish Ballet that same year.
He started choreographing in 2011. "Choreographing to me is movement for a reason. It is an intension guided by emotions. I want to create moods and pictures that can take the spectator somewhere else for a while. The theatre should be a refuge for the soul and an endoscopy of the mind."
From 2012-14 he danced with Gauthier Dance in Stuttgart.
In 2015 he was invited to create 'Strangers' his first work for The Royal Danish Ballet.
In 2016 he went freelance as a dancer and choreographer.
Since 2017 he has been a choreographic fellow with Danish Dance Theatre, where his first choreography ‘Walk the Beast’ was based on foley sounds on the theme of memory and loss of same.
His site specific work includes his version of Homer's The Odyssey, NOSTOS(or It’s All Greek To Me) from 2017 made for 7 cars and 6 dancers and set in a parking garage in Copenhagen.
In 2017 he started a collaboration with photographer Mathias Løvgreen on creating movement based installations aiming to challenge the public on how art is seen and presented.
In 2018 he was Knighted by Queen Margrethe the II of Denmark to the Order of the Dannebrog
From 2018 he has been working closely with stage director Amanda Ginman to develop physical theatre with both actors and dancers.
In 2020 the state of the world made him explore choreography for dance films with directors Tom McKenzie, Marcel Zyskind and Caspar Hees.
He still performs regularly around the world with Maria Kochetkova.
Some of his most notable choreographic works include:
2020
Allerede Nat for The Royal Danish Ballet
DIORAMA - a dance film in collaboration with Kronos Quartet and Staatsballett Berlin
The Nightingale for Danish Dance Theatre
2019
Minor Major for Festival de l'art Russe in Deauville, FR
Absolute Pitch-Black for Kammerballetten
Clan B for English National Ballet
The Rest of the Best for The Royal Danish Ballet
2018
Melopoeia for The Royal Danish Ballet
Outpost for Danish Dance Theatre
2017
Retreat for Beijing Dance Theatre
NOSTOS for Corpus, Copenhagen
Walk the Beast for Danish Dance Theatre
Credo 1877 for Premio Positano, Italy
The Crowd for Pietrasanta Dance Festival, Italy
Flight Mode for English National Ballet
Bloom for Beijing Dance Academy
2016
Limberly for The German National Youth Ballet
2015
Strangers for The Royal Danish Ballet
2013
Ways to go for Gauthier Dance, Stuttgart
2011
Ludus Air for The Royal Danish Ballet