Agnes de Mille

From: Dance Teacher | Date: October 1, 2005| Author: Rowen, Betty | Copyright information

A dancer, choreographer and writer who helped shape American dance

Agnes de Mille (1905-1993), one of Broadway's best-known choreographers, is largely responsible for the development of musical theater as a distinct, and purely American, artform. Previously, dance was relegated to chorus routines interspersed between scenes of a play; de Mille used movement to heighten the meaning of the action and to add to the emotional impact of the story. She utilized the brilliance of classical ba...

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