I knew it. James just had had too much booze (probably whisky rather than champagne) when the Sylphide appeared in his dreams ...

Wishing you a very happy New Year!

(Left: Marie & Paul #Taglioni in La #Sylphide, 1834; #ballethistory;
Right: postcard, c. 1900)

#OTD Nov 30, 1879
Choreographer (and #opera director) August #Bournonville died in Copenhagen.
Despite all the changes in #ballet technique & aesthetics since then his surviving oeuvre like #Sylphide, Napoli, Folk Tale, Kermesse in Bruges is our window into the C19.
#ballethistory #theatrehistory