{"product_id":"9781852731069","title":"My dearly beloved Wife!: Letters from France and Italy 1841","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1841 the great Danish choreographer and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eballet-master, August Bournonville, made a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esix-month European journey that took him to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrance and – for the first time – to Italy. During\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis travels he kept a weekly correspondence with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis wife, Helene, who had remained with their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esix children in Copenhagen. In these thirty-nine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etravel letters Bournonville describes in fine and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evivid details his many personal and cultural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eencounters and theatre experiences abroad with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea spontaneity of expression that is conspicuously\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eabsent from the majority of his other published\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewritings. Bournonville here literally brims with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evision, opinion and wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1841 travel letters are here gathered in book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eform for the first time. They not only provide\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea great deal of factual information from this\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimportant European journey, but also reveal his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efine and sometimes even wild sense of humour,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhich he clearly restrained or suppressed in his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elater, published autobiographical writings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether these travel letters represent a fascinating\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand unique insight into his true artist’s psyche,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis professional career abroad, and his personal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echaracter as a man. They reveal in fine detail how\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esome of his most popular ballets were created and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edirectly inspired from the strong impressions of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eart and nature that he had received during this,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe perhaps most fruitful of his many artistic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ejourneys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dance Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50094122533104,"sku":"9781852731069","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781852731069","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}