Agnes de Mille : telling stories in broadway dance / Kara Anne Gardner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gardner, Kara Anne, author.

Series:

Broadway Legacies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

De Mille, Agnes.

Dancers--United States--Biography.

Dancers.

Choreographers--United States--Biography.

Choreographers.

Musical theater--United States.

Musical theater.

Broadway (New York, N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

This book explores the Broadway legacy of choreographer Agnes de Mille. Six 1940s musicals are discussed in depth - Oklahoma!, One Touch of Venus, Bloomer Girl, Carousel, Brigadoon, and Allegro. Drawing on interviews with cast members, letters, sketches, and videos, the book describes Mille's unique contributions to original Broadway productions.

Contents:

COVER; AGNES DE MILLE: TELLING STORIES IN BROADWAY DANCE; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES ON ARCHIVAL SOURCES; AGNES DE MILLE; 1: BRINGING BALLET TO BROADWAY; New York and Los Angeles-Becoming a Professional; Rambert and London; From Rodeo to Oklahoma!; Ballet on Broadway before Oklahoma!; Madame Rasch; Balanchine on Broadway; 2: THE DANCES OF OKLAHOMA!: An Authorship, or Work for Hire?; The Genesis and Style of the Dances in Oklahoma!; "The Farmer and the Cowman": Music and Dance, Adjuncts of the Plot

Who Put the Sex in Oklahoma!? Authoring the Story of the Dream BalletThe Dream Ballet Realized; The Dream Ballet, Hollywood Style; "The Girl Who Falls Down": De Mille's Invention of Secondary Characters; Reviving Oklahoma!; 3: ONE TOUCH OF VENUS: Love among Strangers with Forty Minutes for Lunch; Weill, Crawford, and de Mille Bring the Venus Concept to Fruition; Mary Martin: Becoming Venus; "Like Petipa and Tchaikovsky": The Weill/de Mille Collaboration; Depicting Venus in the Ballets; Sono Osato: De Mille Shapes a Character and Then Creates Another Star; Reception and Legacy

4: FITTING THE "CIVIL WAR BALLET" INTO BLOOMER GIRLImposing a War Ballet on a Musical Comedy; Digging for the Real Story: The Genesis and Evolution of the Bloomer Girl Civil War Ballet; The Civil War "Interlude" in Bloomer Girl and Its Meanings; Choreographer or Director?; 5: PLAYWRITING THROUGH MOVEMENT: De Mille's Dances for Carousel; Carousel's Dancing Women, Bustin' Out All Over; Creating the Second-Act Ballet; Telling the Story of Louise in Music and Dance; Rodgers and Mamoulian: De Mille's Collaborators, or Rivals?; Choreographer Becomes Activist; 6: SHAPING THE STORY OF BRIGADOON

Brigadoon's GenesisBlending a Diversity of Styles; Creating Harry Beaton; De Mille, Robert Lewis, and New Methods of Staging a Musical; The Rewards of Team Playing; Brigadoon beyond Broadway; 7: STAGING ALLEGRO; The Concept of Allegro; The College Years: Bringing Hammerstein's Vision to Life; Taking the Bite Out of the Wedding Scene; How Do We Solve a Problem Like Jennie?; The Country Is Better Than the City: Conveying the Wrong Message in the Finale; Allegro for Television; De Mille, Rodgers, and Hammerstein after Allegro; 8: DE MILLE'S BROADWAY DECLINE AND HER ACTIVIST LEGACY

Rodgers and Hammerstein Leave Big Ballets, and de Mille, BehindThe Consequences of Creative Control; The Legacy of Kwamina; De Mille's Forgotten Legacy; NOTES; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1: BRINGING BALLET TO BROADWAY; CHAPTER 2: THE DANCES OF OKLAHOMA!: AN AUTHORSHIP, OR WORK FOR HIRE?; CHAPTER 3: ONE TOUCH OF VENUS: LOVE AMONG STRANGERS WITH FORTY MINUTES FOR LUNCH; CHAPTER 4: FITTING THE "CIVIL WAR BALLET" INTO BLOOMER GIRL; CHAPTER 5: PLAYWRITING THROUGH MOVEMENT: DE MILLE'S DANCES FOR CAROUSEL; CHAPTER 6: SHAPING THE STORY OF BRIGADOON; CHAPTER 7: STAGING ALLEGRO

CHAPTER 8: DE MILLE'S BROADWAY DECLINE AND HER ACTIVIST LEGACY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-999785-3

0-19-024608-1

0-19-999784-5