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2 unusual facts about August Bournonville


Johannes Møllehave

A folk legend / illustrated by Her Majesty Queen Margrethe of Denmark ; retold by Johannes Møllehave (translated from the Danish Et folke sagn, based on the ballet Et folke sagn / August Bournonville), 1854 : Publisher : Sesam, c1992, ISBN 87-7801-026-8

Karolina Bock

The year after she was deposed by the direction as a principal, she was given the task to teach the Danish guest actress Charlotte Bournonville (daughter of August Bournonville) Swedish, which she did so well that Bournonville could perform soon after as a native Swede in the part of Fatima in Oberon, were she made success.


Anna Grabka

She danced solo and principal roles in ballets by Friderick Ashton, George Balanchine, Maurice Béjart, August Bournonville, Jean Coralli/Jules Perrot, John Cranko, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Kevin Haigen, Leonid Jacobson, Jiri Kilian, Serge Lifar, José Limón, Asaf Messerer, John Neumeier and Marius Petipa.

Herman Severin Løvenskiold

Baron Herman Severin Løvenskiold (30 July 1815 – 5 December 1870) was a Norwegian composer, most noted for his score for August Bournonville's 1836 version of the ballet La Sylphide for the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen.

New York Theatre Ballet

The roster of New York Theatre Ballet includes choreographers Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, August Bournonville, Michel Fokine, John Taras, Antony Tudor, Richard Alston and other legendary artists.


see also

Folktale

A Folk Tale, an 1854 ballet by Danish choreographer August Bournonville