Talk:Ask la Cour

A fact from Ask la Cour appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 November 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Ask la Cour, who came from Denmark, only planned to perform with the New York City Ballet for a few years, but spent two decades there and became a principal dancer?

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 07:54, 12 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that Ask la Cour started ballet after learning that the Royal Danish Ballet school needed more boys, and later became a principal dancer at the New York City Ballet?~~ Source: "Ask la Cour was completely into soccer and skateboarding as a boy, with no interest in ballet. But when he overheard his mother, a former ballet dancer and teacher, tell a friend that the Royal Danish Ballet School needed boys, nine-year-old Ask, on a whim, auditioned and was accepted." ([1])
- ALT1: ~~... that Danish ballet dancer Ask la Cour only planned to perform with the New York City Ballet for a few years, but spent most of his career there and became a principal dancer?~~ Source: "In 2002, Ask la Cour joined the NYCB corps, fresh from the Royal Danish Ballet and eager for something new. He planned to stay for five, maybe eight years. Instead, he became a NYCB mainstay, a tall, elegant dancer and perceptive partner who has performed for 19 years with the Company in more than 60 ballets... Something clicked. New roles came his way, and he was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2013." ([2])

Reviewed: Agatha All Along

Converted from a redirect by Corachow (talk). Self-nominated at 18:58, 24 October 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Interesting life, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. I believe that the ALT is more interesting, but it doesn't say how long that career was. Want to try? I don't think we need "ballet" twice, nor dancer. If you'd like to pursue the original, let us know that he was age 9 when making that decision. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:47, 25 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm adapting both hooks as followed,

ALT0a: ... that Ask la Cour started ballet at age nine after learning that the Royal Danish Ballet school needed more boys, and later became a principal dancer at the New York City Ballet?

ALT1a: ... that Ask la Cour, who came from Denmark, only planned to perform with the New York City Ballet for a few years, but spent two decades there and became a principal dancer? Corachow (talk) 13:04, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

thank you, - I like both, ALT1a a bit better, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:36, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1a to T:DYK/P4