Maureen Needham Costonis
Biographic Data
| ID | 6185506 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maureen Needham Costonis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maureen Needham |
| FAMILY NAME | Costonis |
| SIGNATURE | COSTONIS M N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vanderbilt University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The wild doe”
Augusta Maywood began her professional career at the age of twelve on December 30, 1837, at Philadelphia's Chestnut Street Theatre. The young girl had had only two years' formal study with the former Paris dancer Paul Hazard, but her success was such that her stepfather was encouraged to send her to Paris for ballet lessons with the great Jean Coralli, known today as the creator of Giselle. Her Paris career opened shortly thereafter with a triump…
Martha Graham's American Document
Maureen Needham Costonis, Martha Graham's American Document: A Minstrel Show in Modern Dance Dress, American Music, Vol. 9, No. 3, Special Issue: Four Pioneers William Billings (1746-1800); Scott Joplin (1868-1917); Carl Ruggles (1876-1971); Martha Graham (1894-1991) (Autumn, 1991), pp. 297-310
The U.S. Rism Libretto Project
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Dauberval's Le Siège de Cythère, 1791
Jean Georges Noverre's innovative theories of ballet en action, dramatic ballet forms that employed pantomime gesture alternated with ballet dance steps, are well known to dance historians from his Lettres sur la danse et les ballets. Nevertheless, it remains difficult to envision from his written descriptions what actual productions would have looked like on the stage. Considering the scarcity of sources that provide information about actual sta…
The personification of desire
(1990). The personification of desire: Fanny Elssler and American audiences. Dance Chronicle: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 47-67
The personification of desire
(1990). The personification of desire: Fanny Elssler and American audiences. Dance Chronicle: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 47-67
The personification of desire
(1990). The personification of desire: Fanny Elssler and American audiences. Dance Chronicle: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 47-67
Martha Graham's American Document
Maureen Needham Costonis, Martha Graham's American Document: A Minstrel Show in Modern Dance Dress, American Music, Vol. 9, No. 3, Special Issue: Four Pioneers William Billings (1746-1800); Scott Joplin (1868-1917); Carl Ruggles (1876-1971); Martha Graham (1894-1991) (Autumn, 1991), pp. 297-310
The U.S. Rism Libretto Project
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Dauberval's Le Siège de Cythère, 1791
Jean Georges Noverre's innovative theories of ballet en action, dramatic ballet forms that employed pantomime gesture alternated with ballet dance steps, are well known to dance historians from his Lettres sur la danse et les ballets. Nevertheless, it remains difficult to envision from his written descriptions what actual productions would have looked like on the stage. Considering the scarcity of sources that provide information about actual sta…
The wild doe”
Augusta Maywood began her professional career at the age of twelve on December 30, 1837, at Philadelphia's Chestnut Street Theatre. The young girl had had only two years' formal study with the former Paris dancer Paul Hazard, but her success was such that her stepfather was encouraged to send her to Paris for ballet lessons with the great Jean Coralli, known today as the creator of Giselle. Her Paris career opened shortly thereafter with a triump…
Art (5 works) · Art history (4 works) · Diversity and Impact of Dance (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Dance (2 works) · Historical and Literary Studies (2 works) · Musicology and Musical Analysis (2 works) · Theater, Performance, and Music History (2 works) · Action (physics) (1 works) · Advertising (1 works)