ASK LA COUR

Featured Roles Since Joining NYCB

George Balanchine

Chaconne
Concerto Barocco
Cortège Hongrois
"Emeralds" from Jewels
Episodes
Firebird
The Four Temperaments
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker™ (Cavalier, Hot Chocolate, and Dr. Stahlbaum)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Cavalier, Demetrius, and Theseus)
Monumentum pro Gesualdo
Movements for Piano and Orchestra
Orpheus
Prodigal Son
Robert Schumann's "Davidsbündlertänze"
Serenade
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Stravinsky Violin Concerto
Symphony in C (Second Movement)
Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 (Elegie)
Vienna Waltzes
Walpurgisnacht Ballet
Western Symphony
Who Cares?

Jorma Elo

Slice to Sharp

Boris Eifman

Musagète

Peter Martins

Barber Violin Concerto
Concerto for Two Solo Pianos
A Fool for You
Fearful Symmetries
River of Light
Romeo + Juliet (Friar Lawrence and Lord Capulet)
The Sleeping Beauty (Gold)
Swan Lake (Von Rotbart, Hungarian, and Russian)

Jerome Robbins

Circus Polka
Concertino
Fanfare (Double Bass)
The Four Seasons (Janus)
Glass Pieces
The Goldberg Variations
In Memory Of…
Piano Pieces
Les Noces

Richard Tanner

Episodes & Sarcasms

Originated featured roles in

Benjamin Millepied: Double Aria
Christopher Wheeldon: After the Rain and Shambards

Originated corps roles in

Boris Eifman: Musagète
Susan Stroman: "Makin' Whoopee" from Double Feature (Flossy's Husband)
Christopher Wheeldon: An American in Paris and Carnival of the Animals

Ask la Cour was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and began his dance training at the age of nine at the Royal Danish Ballet School, where he studied with Niels Balle, Adam Lüders, and Colleen Neary. He joined the Royal Danish Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2000. Mr. la Cour joined New York City Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in the fall of 2002, was promoted to the rank of soloist in May 2005, and became a principal in February 2013.

While at the Royal Danish Ballet, Mr. la Cour performed featured roles in August Bournonville's Napoli (Pas de Six), John Cranko's Onegin (Lensky), Peter Martins' Hallelujah Junction and Swan Lake (Hungarian), John Neumeier's Romeo and Juliet (Monk), Alexei Ratmansky's The Nutcracker (Spanish), and Lila York's Concerto in Pieces (Pas de Trois).

Honors

Mr. la Cour has received several awards, including the 1998 Royal Theatre Award, the 2001 Edith Allers Memorial Award, the 2001 Birger Bartholins Memorial Award, and the 2001 John Roagers Memorial Award.