Agnes de Mille was one of the preeminent American choreographers of the twentieth century. Entering a field dominated by men, de Mille created a distinct American style of dance and choreographed some of the most beloved American ballets.
Agnes de Mille. An important and influential choreographer, director, and dancer, who "helped transform the American musical theater of the '40s and '50s." After graduating with honors from...
Agnes George de Mille (September 18, 1905 – October 7, 1993) was an American dancer and choreographer . Early years. Agnes de Mille was born in New York City into a well-connected family of theater professionals. Her father William C. deMille and her uncle Cecil B. DeMille were both Hollywood directors.
Agnes de Mille was an American dancer and choreographer who further developed the narrative aspect of dance and made innovative use of American themes, folk dances, and physical idioms in her choreography of musical plays and ballets.
Agnes de Mille, who helped change American dance with her ballet "Rodeo" in 1942 and musical comedy with her choreography for "Oklahoma!" a year later, died yesterday in her...
Agnes de Mille's career was a long, successful, and turbulent journey through the world of 20th century American theater and ballet. Born in 1905 in New York City, she was the daughter of William Churchill de Mille, a famous playwright, and Anna George, the daughter of the distinguished economist and "single tax" advocate, Henry George.
New York Theater Ballet's ambitious new production, "Dance/Speak: The Life of Agnes de Mille," retells her story through dialogue and movement.
From 1973 to 1974, the tireless de Mille founded and toured with the Agnes de Mille Heritage Dance Theater. She suffered a debilitating stroke in 1975, but fought her way back to health in time to receive the Handel Medallion, New York's highest award for achievement in the arts, in 1976.
The official site of the American choreographer Agnes de Mille, her dance works and the De Mille Working Group, administrator of the staging of her ballets and musical theatre works.
Still, Agnes de Mille remains the choreographer and visionary who brought Rodgers & Hammerstein's initial work to life, creating astonishing successes out of unpredictable material; she reached into the depths of her own dreams, brought them out into the kinetic bodies of graceful and robust dancers, and, in so doing, inspired the dreams of ...
