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The Arts Intel Report

Blixen

Nov 9, 2019 – Apr 16, 2020
Kongens Nytorv 9, 1050 København K, Denmark

The Danish author Karen Blixen was better known as Isak Dinesen, until the 1985 film adaption of her memoir, Out of Africa, was released. Now she’s the subject of a full-length ballet, Blixen, which follows her from childhood to marriage to Africa, and from dashing Denys Finch Hatton to fame in old age. Her mantra: “All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them.” The score is shaped from music by Debussy, and the choreographer is Gregory Dean. —L.J.