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[Agnes de Mille in Rodeo]
- Title
- [Agnes de Mille in Rodeo] [graphic].
- Publication
- [1942 or later]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Still image | Supervised use | *MGZGB Anon DeM 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Seymour, Maurice.
- Description
- 1 painting on cardboard : oil, col.; 51 x 41 cm.
- Summary
- Portrayal of Agnes de Mille as the Cowgirl in her ballet Rodeo. She appears in her tomboyish incarnation, dressed in men's clothes and leaning nonchalantly against a wagon wheel, a wide grin on her face. The end of her long plait, tied with a ribbon bow, provides a clue to the femininity that will emerge in the course of the ballet. Behind her, a vivid sunset fills the sky rising from the low horizon.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Paintings.
- Note
- Although the painting is signed "Vera McL" at lower right, the artist's full name has not been identified.
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Biography (note)
- Agnes de Mille choreographed Rodeo (music, Aaron Copland; scenery, Oliver Smith; costumes, Kermit Love) for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1942. She danced the leading role of the tomboyish Cowgirl, and in her autobiographical writings tells amusing tales of her efforts to transform the elegant danseurs of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo into the roughhewn cowboys in the cast. The ballet has proven to be a perennial favorite, and is today performed by many ballet companies.
- This painting may be based on a photograph by Maurice Seymour.
- Call Number
- *MGZGB Anon DeM 1
- OCLC
- 792742464
- Title
- [Agnes de Mille in Rodeo] [graphic].
- Imprint
- [1942 or later]
- Biography
- Agnes de Mille choreographed Rodeo (music, Aaron Copland; scenery, Oliver Smith; costumes, Kermit Love) for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1942. She danced the leading role of the tomboyish Cowgirl, and in her autobiographical writings tells amusing tales of her efforts to transform the elegant danseurs of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo into the roughhewn cowboys in the cast. The ballet has proven to be a perennial favorite, and is today performed by many ballet companies.This painting may be based on a photograph by Maurice Seymour.
- Local Note
- Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Added Author
- Seymour, Maurice. Associated name
- Research Call Number
- *MGZGB Anon DeM 1