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Keeper of the Bournonville Magic: The Royal Danish Ballet.
From:
World and I
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September 1, 2004| Author:
Anthony, William
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William Anthony is a writer and ballet teacher living in Denmark. His book on the Royal Danish Ballet will be published in autumn 2005 by the University Press of Florida.
The Royal Danish Ballet has a unique position in the ballet world. It protects and preserves a repertoire of ballets that are a window on a very special time in dance history. While training in Paris in the 1820s, August Bournonville witnessed the transition between post- revolutionary ballet d'action, ...