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
Rameau's Le Turc Généreux (1758) from Lés Indes Galantes, which is immortalized in a print by Bernardo Bellotto entitled Le Turc Généreux. Ballet Pantomime executé à Vienne sur le théâtre de la cour, le 26 Avril 1758, in the British Museum
.
Invited by
Ferdinand and Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria
.
Sources
- Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008) p. 5.
Au, Susan. "Ballet and Modern Dance". London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1988, 2002.