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Although de Mille continued to choreograph nearly up to the time of her death—her final ballet, The Other, was completed in 1992—most of her later works have dropped out of the ballet repertoire.
Oct 3, 2024 · Quick Facts. In full: Agnes George de Mille. De Mille also spelled: DeMille. Born: Sept. 18, 1905, New York, N.Y., U.S. Died: Oct. 7, 1993, New York City (aged 88) Awards And Honors: Kennedy Center Honors (1980) Notable Works: “110 in the Shade” “Brigadoon” “Carousel” “Lizzie Borden: A Dance of Death” “The Girl in Pink Tights”
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Oct 8, 1993 · 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 Greenwich Village ...
Oct 8, 1993 · Agnes de Mille, the feisty doyenne of American dance who with the landmark “Oklahoma!” was the first to integrate dance and story, forever changing the direction of the Broadway musical, died...
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During the early to mid-1970s, de Mille created a close relationship with the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, where she created the aforementioned ballets A Rose for Miss Emily and Texas Fourth. In 1974, she inaugurated the Agnes de Mille Heritage Dance Theater at the school, which successfully toured across the country, perform...
In 1959, Agnes de Mille helped to create, along with Hanya Holm, Ezra Stone and Shepard Traube, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (“SSDC”), (known since 2009, as the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (“SDC”)). This was established and continues today as an independent national labour union to represent theatrical directors ...
De Mille was a prolific writer. She is the author of eleven books and several articles, Her first book, Dance to the Piper, published in 1952, was translated into five languages and a new edition released in 2015 in the U.S. Other books include: And Promenade Home (1956); To a Young Dancer (1962); The Book of Dance (1963); Lizzie Borden: Dance of D...
Agnes de Mille died on October 7, 1993 in New York City. Her work continues to be beloved by audiences and inspires new generations of dancers and performers.
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Jun 11, 2018 · De Mille was married to Walter Prude, a manager of concert artists, from 1943 until his death in 1988. (Her courtship and marriage are described in her autobiographical work, And Promenade Home, and in Martha. ) She died of a stroke on October 7, 1993, in New York City at the age of 88.
