Anne Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 (edited) The national Danish postal service has launched a series of stamps celebrating the Golden Age (appr. 1800-1850 - a blossoming period of Danish culture, science and arts). One of the five motives is Bournonville's La Sylphide, showing the sylphide in her iconic listening posture, as a representative of the performing arts. I love the idea and I am proud on Bournonville's behalf, though I am not particularly fond of the drawing itself. Among the other motives are the steam locomotive "Odin" representing the industrial revolution and Thorvaldsens Museum representing the visual arts. See for yourself: https://www.postnord.dk/siteassets/pdf/filateli/dk1_2021_frimaerken_januar_dk.pdf Edited March 13, 2021 by Anne Link to comment
Drew Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Wonderful that Sylphide is being honored....thank you for the link. (Please let us know if they ever create -- or have created) -- a stamp with Erik Bruhn on it!) Link to comment
Anne Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 I'm afraid Erik Bruhn was never honored with a stamp. Actually, ballet related stamps are rather seldom. The latest examples are the beautiful "double stamp" celebrating the Bournonville Festival and Bournonville's 200 years birthday in 2005: http://frimaerker.ptt-museum.dk/frimaerke/1417/dk-1434 And before that we had the 200 anniversary of Galeotti's ballet "Amor og Balletmesterens Luner" (Cupid and Ballet Master's Whim) in 1986: http://frimaerker.ptt-museum.dk/frimaerke/881/dk-0873 Before that, Bournonville was celebrated in 1979 (the 100 anniversary of his death): http://frimaerker.ptt-museum.dk/frimaerke/690/dk-0691 Link to comment
Drew Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 I thought it extremely unlikely Bruhn had been honored with a stamp. Maybe one day....Happy to hear about the other stamps... Link to comment
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