August Bournonville
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August Bournonville 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 t
Portrait by Louis Aumont, 1828
Royal Danish Ballet
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The Royal Danish Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Danish Theatre in Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen, Denmark. It is one of the oldest ballet companies in t
August Bournonville
…where his father had settled. He trained with his father Antoine Bournonville. He also studied under the Italian choreographer Vincenzo Galeotti at the Royal Danish Ballet, Copenhagen, and in Paris, France, under French dancer Auguste Vestris. He initiated a unique style in ballet known as the Bournonville School. Following…
The Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen, principal venue of the Royal Danish Ballet
The Royal Theatre Ballet School, Copenhagen (1889) by Paul Gustave Fischer. The painting shows violinist Busch, the ballerina Charlotte Weihe (standing centre foreground) and the ballet master Emil Hansen, seated on the right.
Vincenzo Galeotti
August Bournonville in 1841.