Peter Brandenhoff Joins Summer Dance Intensive Faculty

We are thrilled to welcome acclaimed ballet master Peter Brandenhoff to the NJDTE faculty for the 2016 Summer Dance Intensive!

Peter Brandenhoff is a Danish ballet teacher and former ballet dancer currently based in New York City. As the third generation of his family at the Royal Danish Ballet, he chose to pursue a career abroad after his graduation and went on to dance with Boston Ballet II, Hamburg Ballet and San Francisco Ballet. In his 15 years with SFB, he rose to the rank of soloist with a wide repertoire of lead and supporting roles, spanning from the romantic classics of Petipa, Bournonville; the modern classics of Balanchine, Robbins, Taylor, MacMillan, Forsythe; to the avant-garde modern of Redha. He created works with Mark Morris, Christopher Wheeldon, Alexei Ratmansky, Yuri Possokhov, James Kudelka, Helgi Thomasson, and Val Caniparoli, and was critically acclaimed for his character portrayals.

​As a guest, he performed with Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Les Ballets Grandiva, South African Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Opera and numerous tours with the Soloists of the Royal Danish Ballet. In 2004 he helped initiate an outreach collaboration between SFB and South African Ballet Theatre, which steered him towards teaching. In 2008 he became ballet master of the boys’ program at Ballet San Jose School, quadrupling the enrollment in the first year. He has taught and staged Bournonville at the schools of San Francisco Ballet; Oregon Ballet Theater; Ballet San Jose; Peridance; Ballet Academy East, as well as company classes at Royal Danish Ballet; Ballet San Jose; and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

​Upon retiring from the stage, he completed a BFA with honors from St. Mary's College in California, and spearheaded a Fellowship program in Arts Administration at CalPerformances at UCBerkeley, California. Brandenhoff is a faculty member at the Ailey School in New York City, where he teaches in the Professional and Junior divisions. He also teaches his own pre-professional training program for students ages 7-14 in New York City.

NJDTE's Summer Dance Intensive (July 11-29, 2016) at our state-of-the-art facility in Summit, NJ is for advanced dancers ages 13-17. The program concentrates on strengthening the dancer’s technique with daily classes in ballet, pointe, modern and contemporary dance as well as additional classes in Pilates, yoga, improvisation, floor barre, dance history, anatomy, and lectures on dance psychology. Dancers have the opportunity to learn and perform repertory works and work with cutting-edge choreographers, in addition to being an integral part of “INKUBATE,” a site-specific performance at Reeves-Reed Arboretum in Summit. Commuter and resident options are available.

To schedule an audition, email info@njdte.org or call 908-273-5500. Visit our website for more details.