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
This story of broken hearts and human frailties is the best-known work of August Bournonville, an important Danish choreographer of the Romantic era and one of the greatest dance storytellers.
From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2016
This connection’s most potent ingredient is the long, complex, lively, step-packed dance phrases created by both Bournonville and City Ballet’s founding ballet master, Balanchine.
From New York Times • Feb. 18, 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
Bournonville ballets represent scenes from classical mythology, as well as from ancient Scandinavian history, and the Danish people are much attached to this Northern composer of ballet.
From Denmark by Thomson, M. Pearson
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