Bournonville
Americannoun
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At the Ted Shawn Theatre this weekend, the Danes perform excerpts from the Bournonville gems “La Sylphide,” “The Kermesse in Bruges,” and “A Folktale.”
From The New Yorker • Jun. 21, 2018
Human frailty, a theme cherished by Bournonville, is something he has to reckon with when he stakes a season on new choreography.
From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2016
The pas de deux from “William Tell” was by August Bournonville, which means that the beseeching and demurring should be especially innocent and playful.
From New York Times • May 31, 2015
Apart from one or two over-bright smiles as dancers sail through brilliant series of rapidly beaten jumps, they’re as engaged as if Bournonville himself was watching in the wings.
From New York Times • May 8, 2015
Although General Bournonville was the first republican ambassador I visited, I had already seen others.
From The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun by Vigée-Lebrun, Marie Louise Elisabeth
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