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August Bournonville worked at the Royal Danish Theatre (Det Kongelige Teater) in the 19th century. Which art form is he known for?

In the exam (Danish)

August Bournonville arbejdede ved Det Kongelige Teater i 1800-tallet. Hvilken kunstart er han kendt for?

  1. aBalletBalletCorrect answer
  2. bFilmFilm
  3. cPaintingMaleri

Why?

Bournonville was a choreographer. His ballet “La Sylphide” (“Sylfiden”) from 1836 is one of the oldest ballets in the world that is still danced the same way as back then.

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Questions from past citizenship tests (danskogproever.dk), reproduced verbatim in Danish with the official answers by permission of the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI), and our own practice questions on the facts of the study material “Læremateriale til Indfødsretsprøven” and on Danish values. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Danish. Current-affairs questions and questions whose official answer no longer holds have been left out. We are not affiliated with SIRI.

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