Dance every performance as if it were your last.

He returned to the Royal Danish Ballet in the spring of 1948 and was promoted to soloist in 1949 the highest level a dancer can attain in the Danish ballet. "The Bell Telephone Hour" broadcasts: Don Quixote pas de deux with Maria Tallchief (from 1961); Act II of La Sylphide (1962) and a pas de deux from Romeo and Juliet choreographed by Bruhn (1967) both with Carla Fracci; the Black Swan pas de deux with Sonia Arova (1963) and the Act III pas de deux from Coppélia also with Arova (1963). In addition to Sonia Arova Bruhn had significant dance partnerships with a large and unusually varied number of ballerinas: the Americans Cynthia Gregory Nora Kaye Allegra Kent and Maria Tallchief; the Russian Natalia Makarova; the Dane Kirstin Simone; the British Nadia Nerina; and most famously with the Italian prima ballerina Carla Fracci.

Erik Belton Evers Bruhn (October 3 1928 – April 1 1986) was a Danish danseur choreographer company director actor and author.