Maria Casentini
Maria Casentini (1778-1805) was an Austrian ballet dancer.
She was engaged in Venice 1788-95 and at the Theater am Kärntnertor in 1796-1804 and internationally famous in her time. She is most known for her performance in Das Waldmädchen by Giuseppe Trafieri (1796), to whom she danced tvelwe variations of a Russian dance composed for her by Beethoven (WoO71).[1]
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