Antoine Bournonville
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Antoine Bournonville (19 May 1760 – 11 January 1843) was a French
Early life
Bournonville was the son of the actors Louis-Amable Bournonville and Jeanne Evrard, born as the twin of his brother Guillame. He became the student of Noverre in 1769, at the age of nine, and toured in Vienna, Paris and London before he was employed in the Royal Swedish Ballet at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm with his sister Julie Alix de la Fay in 1782.
Career
Sweden
Bournonville was premier dancer and ballet instructor at the
His favourite student and dancing partner in Sweden was
He was also active as an actor, a singer and a choreographer. During his stay in Sweden he wrote the ballets Les Meuniers provençaux (1785) and Les Pêcheurs (1789).
Denmark
He left Sweden in 1792 after the assassination of king
Private life
Bournonville was married first to the Danish dancer
He died on 11 January 1843 and is buried in Asminderød Churchyard in Fredensborg.
References
- ^ ISBN 91-7054-734-3
Further reading
- Svensk Uppslagsbok (Swedish dictionary) 1947 års utgåva (1947 year edition) (in Swedish)
- Lars Löfgren : Svensk teater (Swedish theatre) (in Swedish)
- Nordisk familjebok (in Swedish)
