Lendorf became an apprentice at the
Royal Danish Ballet (RDB) in 2006 upon graduation from the school, and in 2008 he joined the
corps de ballet. He was appointed soloist in 2010, and was promoted to
principal dancer in April 2011 at the age of 21. He danced with the
American Ballet Theatre (ABT) from 2013, first as an exchange artist, then as a guest principal, before joining the company as a principal in 2015. He left the RDB in 2018 and the ABT in 2019, and ended his dancing career following a knee injury. He remains involved with the RDB as a choreographer and teacher.
Repertoire Principal parts at the Royal Danish Ballet: • James in
August Bournonville's
La Sylphide. • Prince Desiré in
Christopher Wheeldon's version of
Sleeping Beauty. • Prince Siegfried in
Nikolaj Hübbe and
Silja Schandorff's version of
Swan Lake. •
Le Corsaire Pas de Deux. • Gennaro in Bournonville's
Napoli. • Apollo in
George Balanchine's
Apollo. Soloist parts at the Royal Danish Ballet: Blue bird in Christopher Wheeldons
Sleeping Beauty, Pas de sept in
A Folk Tale, soloist in
Etudes, Harlekin in
La Sonnambula, soloist in
Symphony in C,
Dances at a Gathering,
Other Dances,
Donizetti Variations,
Puck in ''
A Midsummer Night's Dream, young gypsy in Don Quixote, soloist in Les Gentilhommes, Les Lutins
and The Jockey Dance''.
Premieres • Jago in
Othello by Louise Midjord •
Eidolon by Kim Brandstup •
An Elegy for Us by Iain Rowe •
Bournonville Variations by
Thomas Lund. == Acting career ==