Gerda Karstens

She is remembered in particular for her interpretations of Madge in Bournonville's La Sylphide and the headmistress in David Lichine's Graduation Ball.

[1] In 1910, she joined the Royal Theatre's dance school where she was trained in the Bournonville style by Hans Beck.

Thanks to her distinctive features, she was given dramatic character roles in works such as Vincenzo Galeotti's Amors og Balletmesterens Luner.

Her most successful roles included Venus in Nini Theilade's Psyche and Pecunia in her Cirklen.

[1] After her retirement from the stage, she spent several years training the ballet school's pupils in mime.