frb#OTD Nov 30, 1879
Choreographer (and #opera director) August #Bournonville died in Copenhagen.
Despite all the changes in #ballet technique & aesthetics since then his surviving oeuvre like #Sylphide, Napoli, Folk Tale, Kermesse in Bruges is our window into the C19.
#ballethistory #theatrehistory
Choreographer (and #opera director) August #Bournonville died in Copenhagen.
Despite all the changes in #ballet technique & aesthetics since then his surviving oeuvre like #Sylphide, Napoli, Folk Tale, Kermesse in Bruges is our window into the C19.
#ballethistory #theatrehistory
