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August Bournonville ( August 21 , 1805 - November 30 , 1879 ) was a Ballet master and Choreographer . He was a son of a French ballet master, Antoine Bournonville , who had settled in Denmark . He initiated a unique style in ballet, commonly known as Bournonville School . After studies in , Scotland , Russia , South America , etc. A limited number of these works have survived, having never been away from the stage longer than the memory of the performers were alive. Strangely, Bournonville's work became known outside Denmark only after WWII . Since 1950, The Royal Ballet has several times made prolonged tours abroad, not the least to the United States , where they have performed his ballets - often at theatres not ideally equipped for the purpose. A considerable international interest for Bournonville has thereby made itself felt. August Bournonville's most well known ballets are La Sylphide (1836), Napoli (1842), Le Conservatoire (1849), The Kermesse in Bruges (1851) and A Folk Tale (1854). On his passing in 1879, August Bournonville was interred in the Assistens Kirkegård in the Nørrebro section of Copenhagen. EXTERNAL LINKS
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