He was heavily influenced by the early French school of ballet, which he preserved in his teaching and choreography, when the traditional French methods began to disappear from European ballet.
[1] What is considered today to be the "Bournonville style" is essentially the unfiltered 19th century technique of the French school of classical dance.
The technique features very basic use of arms, usually keeping them in preparatoire position.
The style has many recognizable poses such as pointe derriere one arm in 5th, the other a la taille (at the waist), with a touch of epaulement.
The following is a list of notable dancers who received their training in the Bournonville method: