Susan Au
Biographic Data
| ID | 6185614 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan Au |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan |
| FAMILY NAME | Au |
| SIGNATURE | AU S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Moscow State Academy of Choreography |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Graham, Martha
Tributes to Selma Jeanne Cohen
In 1953, we sat in a small, harshly lit room in the old High School of Performing Arts building on 46th Street and Broadway, our legs hanging, perched or straggled on chairs in front of us. We were tired from hours of technique and rehearsals, coming straight from the studio in our worn tights and warmers. A small woman with red curls and glasses spoke intensely about Louis XIV's court ballets; she evoked a world of magic, opulence, and beauty. I…
Gautier at the Ballet
Gautier On Dance. By Théophile Gautier. Selected, translated and annotated by Ivor Guest. xxvi + 358 pp. Illustrated. London: Dance Books, 1986. £25. $85
Finding perrot
Jules Perrot: Master of the Romantic Ballet. By Ivor Guest. Illustrated. 480 pp. New York: Dance Horizons, 1984. $37.50
Dance as a Theatre Art
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The Bandit Ballerina
Sylphides and wilis, white gauze and moonlit glades: these are the stereotypical images of the Romantic ballet. A cursory look at the lithographs of the period leaves the viewer with visions of an airy-fairyland far removed from industry, labor, colonialism, or any of the bigger and beastlier concerns of the early nineteenth century. But despite its bias towards otherworldliness, the Romantic ballet was not entirely divorced from the concerns of …
Resources for the Dance Historian
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The shadow of herself
Since early times man has populated the waters with imaginary halfhuman creatures. The ancient Greeks had their naiads and nereids, the Hindus their apsaras, and the Germans their nixies. Although belief in these fantastic folk waned with the centuries, people in the early nineteenth century still found the notion of water sprites charming and appealing, and thus a popular literary heroine, Undine, was born. Her tragic story, told by the German a…
The Bandit Ballerina
Sylphides and wilis, white gauze and moonlit glades: these are the stereotypical images of the Romantic ballet. A cursory look at the lithographs of the period leaves the viewer with visions of an airy-fairyland far removed from industry, labor, colonialism, or any of the bigger and beastlier concerns of the early nineteenth century. But despite its bias towards otherworldliness, the Romantic ballet was not entirely divorced from the concerns of …
Resources for the Dance Historian
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
The shadow of herself
Since early times man has populated the waters with imaginary halfhuman creatures. The ancient Greeks had their naiads and nereids, the Hindus their apsaras, and the Germans their nixies. Although belief in these fantastic folk waned with the centuries, people in the early nineteenth century still found the notion of water sprites charming and appealing, and thus a popular literary heroine, Undine, was born. Her tragic story, told by the German a…
The Bandit Ballerina
Sylphides and wilis, white gauze and moonlit glades: these are the stereotypical images of the Romantic ballet. A cursory look at the lithographs of the period leaves the viewer with visions of an airy-fairyland far removed from industry, labor, colonialism, or any of the bigger and beastlier concerns of the early nineteenth century. But despite its bias towards otherworldliness, the Romantic ballet was not entirely divorced from the concerns of …
Resources for the Dance Historian
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
The shadow of herself
Since early times man has populated the waters with imaginary halfhuman creatures. The ancient Greeks had their naiads and nereids, the Hindus their apsaras, and the Germans their nixies. Although belief in these fantastic folk waned with the centuries, people in the early nineteenth century still found the notion of water sprites charming and appealing, and thus a popular literary heroine, Undine, was born. Her tragic story, told by the German a…
Dance as a Theatre Art
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
Finding perrot
Jules Perrot: Master of the Romantic Ballet. By Ivor Guest. Illustrated. 480 pp. New York: Dance Horizons, 1984. $37.50
Gautier at the Ballet
Gautier On Dance. By Théophile Gautier. Selected, translated and annotated by Ivor Guest. xxvi + 358 pp. Illustrated. London: Dance Books, 1986. £25. $85
Tributes to Selma Jeanne Cohen
In 1953, we sat in a small, harshly lit room in the old High School of Performing Arts building on 46th Street and Broadway, our legs hanging, perched or straggled on chairs in front of us. We were tired from hours of technique and rehearsals, coming straight from the studio in our worn tights and warmers. A small woman with red curls and glasses spoke intensely about Louis XIV's court ballets; she evoked a world of magic, opulence, and beauty. I…
Graham, Martha
Art (8 works) · Dance (6 works) · Art history (5 works) · Visual arts (5 works) · Ballet (4 works) · Diversity and Impact of Dance (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Content (measure theory) (2 works) · French Literature and Criticism (2 works)