Itinerant challenges and newspaper support: The Johannesénske Balletselskab’s Norwegian tour 1878-1879

• Published in: På Spissen
• Main Author: Fiskvik, Anne Margrete
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norske Dansekunstnere 2015
• Subjects: Augusta; Bergen; Holmestrand; Jenny; Larvik; Molde; Norway; Tromsø; Tønsberg
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2657978; https://doi.org/10.18862/ps.2015.301

In March 1878 the Johannesénske Balletselskab travelled over the mountains from Östersund in Sweden to the Norwegian city of Trondheim.1 The Johannesénske Balletselselskab was used to travelling: in various shapes and forms, this ensemble had been on the road for almost thirty years. From March 1878...