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The art of Agnes de Mille a panel presented in celebration of the centennial of Ms. de Mille

Title: The art of Agnes de Mille [videorecording] : a panel presented in celebration of the centennial of Ms. de Mille / moderated by Theodore S. Chapin ; [presented by] The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts ; producer, Alan J. Pally.
Publication: c2005.

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Description

1 videodisc (64 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

The panelists discuss Agnes de Mille; her early dance career in England; creating Rodeo for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; a quote by De Mille about Frederic Franklin from her book entitled, Dance to the piper; Jerry Mitchell auditioning for and dancing in De Mille's Brigadoon; the need for choreographers to be verbal when comparing to De Mille, Jerome Robbins and Michael Bennett; how Gemze De Lappe began dancing with De Mille; the importance of videotaping as much of the choreographic process as possible; what kinds of dancers are needed to perform various works; Jerry Mitchell talking about the dancers currently being using for his Broadway shows, La cage aux folles, Hairspray, and Dirty rotten scoundrels; what Mitchell learned from De Mille about developing characters and always serving the story; how the AIDS crisis scared choreographers away from physical contact in their work from 1980 to mid 1990's; different kinds of dancers De Mille used for her works and how they trained in various styles of dance including Irish Step dancing and African dance; how dance has changed on Broadway over the years; why De Mille has been out of fashion and the reason directors don't want to use her choreography; how the choreography can't survive on its own and must be presented correctly; the difficulty in passing on the legacy of De Mille because of the lack of available videos; and concludes with a Question and Answer session with questions about Martha Graham's influence on De Mille, the difficulty with choreographers remaking musicals from movies when most of the time the choreography was changed due to film restrictions, De Mille's process when creating new work including how she created Rodeo and Juno, and what is on display of Agnes De Mille in the New York Public Library's America's Irreplaceable Dance Treasures: The First 100 exhibition.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.
Panel discussions.
Filmed dance.
Nonfiction films.

Note

Audio problems; low sound levels at various times throughout panel discussion.
The art of Agnes de Mille program is located in the Dance Division's *MGZR De Mille, Agnes [Clippings].

Credits (note)

Producer, Alan J. Pally.

Event (note)

Videotaped during panel discussion in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y. on June 2, 2005.

System Details (note)

DVD.

Contents

Introductory remarks (3 min.) / speaker, Alan J. Pally and Theodore S. Chapin -- Panel discussion (61 min.) / panelists: Gemze de Lappe, Frederic Franklin, Lynn Garafola, Jerry Mitchell ; moderator, Theodore S. Chapin.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-6471

OCLC

764656341

Title

The art of Agnes de Mille [videorecording] : a panel presented in celebration of the centennial of Ms. de Mille / moderated by Theodore S. Chapin ; [presented by] The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts ; producer, Alan J. Pally.

Imprint

c2005.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

System Details

DVD.

Original Version

Original format: 1 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in.

Event

Videotaped during panel discussion in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y. on June 2, 2005.

Performer

Panelists: Gemze de Lappe, Frederic Franklin, Lynn Garafola, Jerry Mitchell ; moderator, Theodore S. Chapin

Speaker, Alan J. Pally.

Credits

Producer, Alan J. Pally.

Local Subject

Musical comedies. Juno.

Musical comedies. Brigadoon.

Added Author

De Lappe, Gemze, panelist.

Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013, panelist.

Garafola, Lynn, panelist.

Mitchell, Jerry, 1960- choreographer.

Mitchell, Jerry, 1960- panelist.

Chapin, Theodore S., moderator.

Pally, Alan J., producer.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-6471

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