Gymnasts

• Maria Skovlod Stenum

  Maria is 22 years old and from a small town in Denmark called Åes. She worked as a teacher before becoming a gymnast on the National Danish Performance Team.

  Maria is very excited about the experiences that lie ahead. She is excited to travel the world and move the world through workshops and shows. But she is also intrigued by the cultural encounters and people from all over the world she will meet.

  Maria loves Danish liquorice and to sing, even when she doesn’t know the lyrics, especially when she cleans her apartment.

• Marie Kathrine Møgelhøj

  Maria is 28 years old and has tried out to be part of the team four times. She was born and raised in Holstebro, but now lives in the third largest city in Denmark, Odense, where she works as a teacher.

  Maria has worked very hard all her life to be the best gymnast possible. Even as a child she sometimes slept in stride splits to make herself more flexible. Maria is thrilled by the chance to make a difference in the world, by showing them what she loves the most. In her suitcase she will figuratively pack her positive mind frame and open-mindedness.

• Marlene Lykke Hansen

  Marlene is 22 and raised on the island of Funen. Gymnastics has always been a huge part of her life and now she cannot wait to show the rest of the world.

  Marlene is beyond excited for the experiences to come travelling the world with her passion and her fellow gymnasts. Marlene considers herself a bit goofy at times with a loud laugh. She will definitely bring a set of cards to keep her and others occupied with the many hours waiting in airports.  

• Maja Refshauge

  Maja is 25 and raised on the island of Funen and before joining the team, she was a teacher at a school for sports and gymnastics.

  Maja has experience with traveling the world with her gymnastics skills providing education within movement and exercise for children in the US. So she is very excited to be using that skill set on the World Tour with the National Danish Performance Team. 
  
  Both of her parents are also gymnasts, and ever since looking at photos from her parents trips with their gymnastics teams she has had a dream of becoming a NDPT-gymnast. 
  
  Maja will most definitely bring her camera to capture all the memorable moments. You will notice Maja by being the one that is almost always humming along to songs in her head. 

• Cecilie Lindegaard Broe

  Cecilie is 25 and raised in Odense. Now she lives in the Danish capital Copenhagen, where is is studying to become a teacher.

  Ever since she can remember she has had dreamt of joining the team. She expects to learn a lot about herself through the cultural encounters she will have with people from different cultures. 
  
  Cecilie is well known for her high spirit and her tidiness. She will ensure to always have a properly organized suitcase. But something she is lacking of is a sense of direction. Hopefully some of her fellow team members can act as a GPS for her while traveling the world. 

• Ida-Marie Pedersen

  Ida-Marie is 20 years old and from Nyrup on the island of Funen. Alongside her gymnastics she has worked as a teacher in a kindergarten.

  She dreams of becoming a role model for people around the world and to inspire others to live an active life. Ida-Marie is a very positive person who loves to socialise especially sharing food with loved ones. In her suitcase she will probably bring a photo of her grandmother, who is also one of her best friends.

• Marie Bogø Pilely

  Marie is 22 and from a small city in the western part of Jutland called Ølgod. She has experience from a vast array of different gymnastics teams and clubs throughout Denmark.

  The biggest experience in Marie's life as a gymnast was when she travelled to Japan and facilitated a workshop at Tamagawa Gauken. The energy from the participants was so infectious that it still gives her a boost of energy when she thinks back at that experience. 

  On the World Tour Marie will bring her diary where she writes down thoughts, sketches and drawings to remind her of the trip. You can always recognize Marie at a training session by being the gymnasts with two different colored socks on. 

• Louise Rørby Therkildsen

  Louise is 20 years old and raised in the small town of Lind in the central part of Jutland, Denmark.

  Despite her young age Louise has had many memorable memories as a gymnast. But one that really sticks out was a trip to Costa Rica with a local gymnastics team. 
  
  "What really made the trip special was the feeling of unity with the other gymnasts and the contact with the locals in Costa Rica, where we arranged workshops and stayed at host families."
  
  Before joining the team Louise had seen the National Danish Performance Team perform countless times and always been very inspired and motivated by them. She is beyond excited to give that inspiration back to young people all around the world. 

• Michelle R. Bengtsen

  Michelle is 24 and raised in the northern part of Jutland. Before joining the team she was a teacher at a sport and gymnastics school.

  Michelle is thrilled to get to know different aspects of herself as a person but also as a gymnast. Being a part of the team is the icing on the cake for her and a lifelong dream. 
  
  Michelle is full of energy and will occasionally burst out in loud laughter, also she is not very good at remembering what is left and right, which is pretty impressive since she doesn't seem to show this when dancing and doing gymnastics. 

• Camilla Gehling Horn

  Camilla is 20 years old and from Odense. Before joining the team she was a student at the well known school for gymnastics Ollerup.

  The biggest experience as a gymnast Camilla had when traveling to Uganda where the shows and workshop were received in a very different fashion than in Denmark. It was amazing to see the joy and excitement on the local kids who would applaud at different times than an audience would back home. 
  
  Camilla can't wait to travel the world with her new best friends and share this amazing experience with them and all the people from around the world she will meet. 
  
  Camilla is a times a little clumsy, but she can at most times laugh it off. 

• Lærke Tolstrup

  Lærke is 19 years old and the youngest female gymnast on the team and raised in the city of Ikast.

  For Lærke becoming a gymnast on the National Danish Performance Team has been a lifelong dream.
  Even as a kid she was so amazed by the team that she wrote an essay about them in school. Now it is her turn to inspire others through gymnastics. 
  
  Even though Lærke is the youngest, she is also a fighter, who loves to have fun. The most important item in her suitcase will be her hearing aid, since she can't really her without it. Lærke loves to eat and sometimes wishes that there was more hours in a day so she would have more time eating. 

• Pernille Schou Jørgensen

  Pernille is from a small town called Jyderup, but has lived a couple of years in the capital of Copenhagen to become an even better dancer.

  For Pernille it has been a lifelong dream to become a gymnast at NDPT. "Besides dedicating my whole life to gymnasts for period of time, I am very excited for the social and cultural aspects of this year." 
  
  Flexible Facial Features
  
  Pernille has very flexible facial features which you can enjoy in the show especially in the routine with the fans. 

• Maria Nebbegaard

  Maria is born and raised in Galten, but now lives in Aarhus where she is studying to become a teacher.

  Maria is beyond excited to become a better gymnast and to experience the differences of the world and the friends she will make along the way. 
  
  Maria has been following the National Danish Performance Team for many years and now it's her time to be on the floor moving others like the teams before moved her. 

• Marie Sofie Spanggaard Jespersen

  Marie Sofie is a recent high school graduate and lives in Aarhus, where she has been a gymnast all of her life.

  As part of the team Marie Sofie is looking forward to become a better gymnast, coach and as a person. 
  She is hoping to return to Denmark with an array of ideas and memories that can inspire others and maybe even Danish gymnastics. 
  
  A Goofy Gymnast
  
  Some people think she looks a little bit like Goofy, her friends from boarding school calls her Spa and she has scar on her forehead. 

• Hans Laier Højer

  Hans is 25 years old and lives in Odense where he is studying to become a teacher.

  Hans has many great experiences involving gymnastics, the biggest before NDPT was at the opening ceremony of Landstævnet 2013, which is the biggest sports festival in Denmark. 
  
  Hans is looking forward to become a better rhythmic gymnast, but also in his favorite disciplines like tumbling and trampoline he is aiming to push himself. 

• Lasse Smedegaard

  Lasse is 20 years old and lives in his childhood home which is a farm outside of the city of Vejle.

  Lasse has a lot of great memories with doing gymnastics, but a highlight was becoming Danish champions in TeamGym in 2015 with his team Gjellerup Sdr. Even more special was to share that experience with his brother, Emil. Luckily the two will once again share a huge experience - touring the world with the National Danish Performance Team. 
  
  

• Jesper Brandt Pedersen

  Jesper is 22 and from Odense where he is born and raised and has done gymnastics most of his life.

  Jesper is looking forward becoming an even better gymnast and also the experience the many cultures around the world. Most excited at the moment is he to visit China. He is hoping he might be able to a cool jump on the Great Wall of China. 
  
  
  

• Nikolaj Kjærgaard

  Nikolaj is also a recent graduate from high school and now he is ready to take on the world as a gymnast on the team.

  Nikolaj is a cool and collected Dane from the northern part of Denmark. He has many great memories as a gymnast, but also as a coach. 
  
  Nikolaj believes that one of the most unique aspects of NDPT is the way the gymnasts are both athletes but also just people who carry their own equipment and care for each other and others. 

• Anthon Haag Khorami

  Anthon is 20 years old and the youngest guy on the team. He is from a small city called Kibæk.

  Before joining the team Anthon's greatest memory involving gymnastics was at Gymnaestrada in Finland 2015, where he performed at a huge arena. Anthon and his team Gjellerup Sdr. became Danish Champions in TeamGym earlier this year. 
  
  

• Benjamin Kristiansen

• Emil Smedegaard

• Eske Kiel Rasmussen

• Jacob Lund

• Rasmus Christian Andresen

• Christian Søndergaard

• Emil Johansen

• Mikkel Pilegaard Frandsen

• Dennis Andersen