‘We Had Battles In The Beginning’: Nikolaj Hübbe On Coming Home To The Royal Danish Ballet

“[The] system here, which is a civil servant one, can really breed complacency. … When I came, the company took class when they felt like it. … I said, you are wasting the opportunity to improve. What I learned is that you can’t just tell people what to do in Denmark. You have to explain your point of view, why, and what good can come out of it.”