My Theatre Life August Bournonville ; translated from the Danish by Patricia N. McAndrew ; introd. by Svend Kragh-Jacobsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bournonville, August, 1805-1879.

Standardized Title:

Mit theaterliv. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Choreographers--Denmark--Biography.

Choreographers.

Kongelige Teater (Denmark).

Bournonville, August, 1805-1879.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 709 p., [16] leaves of plates) : ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Wesleyan University Press 1979

Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, 1979.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Born in Copenhagen in the early nineteenth-century and trained by his father, French ballet master, Antoine Bournonville, August Bournonville was an iconoic dance master and principal choreography of the Royal Danish Ballet with his incorporation of French Romanticism in his ballet choreography. Known for detailed, quick footwork and delicate arm and torso contrast, Bournonville’s style of dance became known as the Bournonville Method, today considered the unfiltered 19th century technique of the French school of classical dance. Over a century since his death, Bournonville’s influence remains seen on the Danish and greater European stage, imported to theatre classes and stages across the world.

Notes:

Includes index.

Translation of Mit theaterliv.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8195-5035-3

OCLC:

1193105854