Mariane Bournonville née ''Jensen'' (1768–1797), was a Danish ballerina. She was active at the

Royal Danish Ballet The Royal Danish Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Danish Theatre in Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen, Denmark. It is one of the oldest ballet companies in the world and originates from 1748, when the Ro ...

in 1784-1796, and is counted as among the elite of her profession at the time, famed for her performance within comedie ballet. She ended her ballet career in 1796, and worked her last year as an actress. She was a student of

Vincenzo Galeotti Vincenzo Galeotti (5 March 1733 – 16 December 1816) was an Italian-born Danish dancer, choreographer and ballet master, who was influential as the director of the Royal Danish Ballet from 1775 until his death. Life Vincenzo Tomasselli was ...

. She was married to

Antoine Bournonville Antoine Bournonville (19 May 1760 – 11 January 1843) was a French ballet dancer a choreographer, active in the Royal Swedish Ballet and the Royal Danish Ballet and eventually ballet master in the latter. He is considered to have played a gre ...

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* Mariane Bournonville i Carl Frederik Bricka, Dansk Biografisk Leksikon {{authority control 1768 births 1797 deaths People from Mariager 18th-century Danish actresses Danish stage actresses 18th-century Danish ballet dancers