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August Bournonville

Danish ballet master and choreographer
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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 the nephew of Julie Alix de la Fay, née... Wikipedia
Born: August 21, 1805, Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: November 30, 1879 (age 74 years), Copenhagen, Denmark
Education: Royal Ballet School and Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris
Books: The Flower Festival in Genzano: Pas de Deux, Mit theaterliv, Bournonville Ballet Technique: Fifty Enchaînements, and more
Children: Charlotte Bournonville
Parents: Antoine Bournonville and Lovisa Sundberg
Spouse: Helene Frederikke Haakansson (m. 1830)