Bournonville, August
(1805–1879)> CHOREOGRAPHER
Bournonville, August (21 August 1805, Copenhagen; 30 November 1879, Copenhagen) choreographer, received his first instruction in ballet from his father, a former colleague of the Auguste Vestris and Pierre Gardel (see eighteenth-century volume for Vestris and Gardel). He showed promise and was sent to Paris in 1820 to continue his studies with Jean-François Coulon and Auguste Vestris (see eighteenth-century volume for Coulon). In 1824, he continued his preparation for the stage with Pierre…