on stage at the royal danish theater in copenhagen, andersen proved himself an exemplary dancer in the ballets of august bournonville, which are at the heart of the repertory of the royal danish ballet. exhibiting his mastery of brilliant allegro dancing, with sparkling "batterie" and flying elevation, he appeared in leading roles in "napoli, flower festival in genzano, far from denmark, kermesse in bruges," and "a folk tale". his technical precision and brilliance were also displayed in harald lander's "études" as well as in works by other danish choreographers. besides these, he danced in such classic ballets as "the nutcracker, coppélia", and "giselle" and in many modern ballets, creating the role of the boy in the 1976 revival of rudi van dantzig's "monument for a dead boy" and dancing the demanding part of the chosen in glen tetley's "le sacre de printemps" in 1978.