Hilverding, simultaneously as his contemporaries Jean Baptiste de Hesse, and own assistant Gaspare Angiolini, contributed to the development of the Ballet d'Action,  for which Jean Georges Noverre would get lasting credit with the publication of his Letters on Dancing and Ballets.
The development of the Ballet d'Action involved Hilverding, Jean Baptiste de Hesse, and Gaspare Angiolini, with Jean Georges Noverre receiving recognition for this work through his publication "Letters on Dancing and Ballets."