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[Agnes de Mille]

Title: [Agnes de Mille] [videorecording] / Jersey City State College, Media Arts Department.
Publication: [1991?]

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Moving image	Use in library	*MGZIA 4-3359	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Description

1 videocassette (31 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Profile of Agnes de Mille, told in her own words and illustrated with still photos and film clips. The program begins with a glimpse of de Mille at the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony in 1980. In interviews, she describes her parents ; her early life in Hollywood and observations of the early days of movie-making ; her uncle Cecil B. DeMille (illustrated by clips of his films) ; her early interest in dance, inspired by Anna Pavlova ; the discovery of her gift for pantomime ; her decision to become a professional dancer ; the success of her piece "Ballet class" ; the lessons of her six years in England ; choreographing Rodeo for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo ; the acclaim that greeted her choreography for Oklahoma! ; her subsequent choreography for musicals ; acquaintanceship with Hedda Hopper (including an excerpt from a discussion between Hopper, de Mille, Simone Signoret, Edward Murrow, telecast on the program Small world in 1959) ; the impact of her stroke in 1975.

Donor/Sponsor

Agnes de Mille Collection.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Interviews.
Video.

Note

Original container labeled "Creative Arts Rehabilitation Center - 1991, Agnes de Mille."
For a complete recording of Edward Murrow's interview with Agnes de Mille, Hedda Hopper, and Simone Signoret on Small world, see *MGZHB 12-135 Small world.

Contents

Dance excerpts from: Three virgins and a devil / danced by de Mille, Lucia Chase, Janet Reed -- Fall River legend / recorded in 1957 ; danced by Nora Kaye, Dimitri Romanoff, Lucia Chase, John Kriza -- Rodeo / recorded in 1973 ; danced by American Ballet Theatre: Christine Sarry, Marcos Paredes, and others -- Rodeo / danced by de Mille (the cowgirl) and others -- Oklahoma! / excerpts from the film -- Bloomer girl -- Paint your wagon / duet danced by Gemze de Lappe and James Mitchell.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3359

OCLC

NYPY99-F847

Title

[Agnes de Mille] [videorecording] / Jersey City State College, Media Arts Department.

Imprint

[1991?]

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Local Subject

Musical comedies. Oklahoma.

Musical comedies. Bloomer girl.

Musical comedies. Paint your wagon.

Added Author

De Mille, Agnes, choreographer.

De Mille, Agnes, interviewee.

De Mille, Agnes, dancer.

Chase, Lucia, 1897-1986, dancer.

Reed, Janet, 1916-2000, dancer.

Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987, dancer.

Jersey City State College. Media Arts Dept.

DHCA.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3359

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