Franz Hilverding

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Franz Anton Christoph Hilverding (1710–1768), aka Hilferding, was an

dancer
.

For a time Hilverding served as the director of the Imperial Theatre in

Jean Georges Noverre
would get lasting credit with the publication of his Letters on Dancing and Ballets. Ballets d'action emphasized a cohesive dramatic and expressive element to performances, with costumes, plot, and movement all serving the purpose of the story.

Hilverding studied in

.

Invited by

.

Sources

  • Houghton Mifflin Company
    , 2008) p. 5.

Au, Susan. "Ballet and Modern Dance". London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1988, 2002.