Bournonville's bicentenary celebation in Paris

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Parisian celebration of Bournonville's bicentenary:

To mark Auguste Bournonville's bicentenary, the City of Paris is hosting an all-day event on Monday 5th December at the Conservatoire National de Région (CNR), in collaboration with the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique (CNSM). A six-man team from Denmark, including the Royal Danish Ballet's Artistic Director as well as the head of the Royal Danish Ballet's School, will give a conference and master classes for teacher in the Paris-area in the morning, and joint classes to CNSM and CNR pupils in the afternoon.

Royal Danish Ballet principals Diana Cuni and Thomas Lund will perform the "Flower Festival" pas de deux.

All these events are open to the general public and are completely free of charge.

On Tuesday 6th December, the director of the Conservatoire of the 7th Arrondissement of Paris will inaugurate a dance studio in Bournonville’s name, and later, Danish officials will unveil a plaque in the 1st arrondissement at the hotel where Bournonville resided in 1838. In the afternoon, a pedagogical event will take place at the Opera School.