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August Bournonville

1805 - 1879

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August Bournonville (21 August 1805 – 30 November 1879) was a Danish ballet master and choreographer. He was the son of Antoine Bournonville, a dancer and choreographer trained under the French choreographer, Jean Georges Noverre, and the nephew of Julie Alix de la Fay, née Bournonville, of the Royal Swedish Ballet. Bournonville was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, where his father had settled. He trained with his father Antoine Bournonville as well he studied under the Italian choreographer Vincenzo Galeotti at the Royal Danish Ballet, Copenhagen, and in Paris, France, under French dancer Auguste Vestris. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. August Bournonville is the 29th most popular dancer (up from 30th in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 170th in 2019) and the most popular Danish Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, August Bournonville ranks 29 out of 116. Before him are Galina Ulanova, Bronislava Nijinska, Carlo Blasis, Mary Wigman, Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, and Olga Khokhlova. After him are Jules Perrot, Liane de Pougy, Pierre Beauchamp, Alexander Godunov, Agrippina Vaganova, and La Goulue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, August Bournonville ranks 22. Before him are Robert FitzRoy, Adalbert Stifter, Robert Anderson, Thomas Graham, George Müller, and Ewelina Hańska. After him are Shirali Muslimov, 9th Dalai Lama, Jonas Furrer, Princess Amalia of Sweden, Cochise, and Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. Among people deceased in 1879, August Bournonville ranks 21. Before him are August Grisebach, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, Jón Sigurðsson, Johann Friedrich von Brandt, Heinrich Geißler, and Sher Ali Khan. After him are Camille Doncieux, William, Prince of Orange, Karl Friedrich Mohr, Maurycy Gottlieb, Prince Henry of the Netherlands, and Heinrich Wilhelm Dove.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, August Bournonville ranks 180 out of 1,032. Before him are Icel of Mercia (501), Carl Værnet (1893), Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt (1659), Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland (1456), Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark (1912), and Erik Pontoppidan (1698). After him are Anker Jørgensen (1922), Lars Løkke Rasmussen (1964), Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (1970), Ole Nydahl (1941), and Jens Fink-Jensen (1956).

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Among DANCERS In Denmark

Among dancers born in Denmark, August Bournonville ranks 1. After him are Louise Rasmussen (1815), and Lucile Grahn (1819).

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