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- August Bournonville (born Aug. 21, 1805, Copenhagen, Den.—died Nov. 30, 1879, Copenhagen) was a dancer and choreographer who directed the Royal Danish Ballet for nearly 50 years and established the Danish style based on bravura dancing and expressive mime.
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August Bournonville (born Aug. 21, 1805, Copenhagen, Den.—died Nov. 30, 1879, Copenhagen) was a dancer and choreographer who directed the Royal Danish Ballet for nearly 50 years and established the Danish style based on bravura dancing and expressive mime.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
August Bournonville (21 August 1805 – 30 November 1879) was a Danish ballet master and choreographer. He was the son of Antoine Bournonville, a dancer and choreographer trained under the French choreographer, Jean Georges Noverre, and the nephew of Julie Alix de la Fay, née Bournonville, of the Royal Swedish Ballet .
The most influential Danish choreographer of the 19th century. The son of Antoine Bournonville, he studied at the Royal Danish Ballet School, a pupil of both his father and Vincenzo Galeotti. He joined the company at the age of 15 and stayed three years (1820–3).
August Bournonville was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on August 21, 1805. A dancer, choreographer, ballet director and teacher who directed the Royal Danish Ballet for nearly 50 years, he established the Danish style of dance based on bravura dancing and expressive mime.
Jun 17, 2016 · Say “ballet” in Denmark, and before long you’ll hear one name: Bournonville. The Danes pronounce it: Bonn-ville. That’s, of course, August Bournonville, the 19th century dancer and ballet master responsible for developing a uniquely Danish way of dancing.
- Teresa Guerreiro
August Bournonville – dancer, choreographer, custodian and shaper of one of the world’s half-dozen great classical ballet companies and schools – lived from 1805 to 1879 (fig. 88). (He was an exact contemporary, and the friend, of Hans Christian Andersen.)
Continuing our exploration of the history of ballet, former Principal with The Royal Ballet, Johan Kobborg introduces the style of August Bournonville in rehearsal with Artist Marcelino Sambé.
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