Honoring Agnes.Agnes de Mille Noun 1. Agnes de Mille - United States dancer and choreographer who introduced formal dance to a wide audience (1905-1993) Agnes George de Mille, de Mille elevated the place of dance in American popular musical theater. In classics like Oklahoma!, Carousel, Brigadoon, and Paint Your Wagon, dance evolved from a tuneful diversion to an extension of the characters' dreams and aspirations. De Mille's example paved the way for two generations of choreographers to take Broadway seriously. Yet, while these legendary shows are often revived, her choreography rarely is. In celebration of the choreographer's 100th birthday, New York Theatre Ballet New York Theatre Ballet (or the NYTB) was founded in 1978 by its artistic director, Diana Byer. Dedicated to the principles of the Cecchetti-Diaghilev tradition, the company both reprises classic masterworks and produces original ballets. (right, in de Mille's Three Virgins and a Devil) will restore these marvelous dances to the stage, thanks to the canny reconstructions of former de Mille dancer Gemze de Lappe Gemze de Lappe (born February 28, 1925, in Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American dancer who worked very closely with Agnes de Mille and was frequently partnered by de Mille's favorite male dancer, James Mitchell. . Also on the program: The Four Marys, de Mille's 1965 tale of an African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. slave executed for murdering her mixed-race baby, a daring piece for its time and still potent stuff 41 years later. April 28-29 at Florence Gould Hall. See www.nytb.org. |
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