Agnes de Mille
Kara Anne Gardner
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Description for Agnes de Mille
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. Series: Broadway Legacies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: ASD; ASDL; AVGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 245 x 25. Weight in Grams: 512.
This book explores the Broadway legacy of choreographer Agnes de Mille, from the 1940s through the 1960s. Six musicals are discussed in depth - Oklahoma!, One Touch of Venus, Bloomer Girl, Carousel, Brigadoon, and Allegro. Oklahoma!, Carousel, and Brigadoon were de Mille's most influential and lucrative Broadway works. The other three shows exemplify aspects of her legacy that have not been fully examined, including the impact of her ideas on some of the composers with whom she worked; her ability to incorporate a previously conceived work into the context of a Broadway show; and her trailblazing foray into the role ... Read more
This book explores the Broadway legacy of choreographer Agnes de Mille, from the 1940s through the 1960s. Six musicals are discussed in depth - Oklahoma!, One Touch of Venus, Bloomer Girl, Carousel, Brigadoon, and Allegro. Oklahoma!, Carousel, and Brigadoon were de Mille's most influential and lucrative Broadway works. The other three shows exemplify aspects of her legacy that have not been fully examined, including the impact of her ideas on some of the composers with whom she worked; her ability to incorporate a previously conceived work into the context of a Broadway show; and her trailblazing foray into the role ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Broadway Legacies
Number of Pages
264
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199733682
SKU
V9780199733682
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About Kara Anne Gardner
Kara Gardner has spent two decades writing, teaching, and leading innovative programs in higher education. She completed a Ph.D. in music and humanities and a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University. She led classes on popular music, music of the Americas, music and gender, and dance history at the University of San Francisco and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In ... Read more
Reviews for Agnes de Mille
Gardner's book is riveting
the chronicle of a proudly uncompromising artist who opened the door for such bold choreographers as Jerome Robbins and Michael Bennett: artists for whom, like de Mille, the story and characters came first.
Bill Rudman, Overture
Exhibiting meticulous scholarship built upon the examination of previously untapped source materials, Kara Gardner's new study offers ... Read more
the chronicle of a proudly uncompromising artist who opened the door for such bold choreographers as Jerome Robbins and Michael Bennett: artists for whom, like de Mille, the story and characters came first.
Bill Rudman, Overture
Exhibiting meticulous scholarship built upon the examination of previously untapped source materials, Kara Gardner's new study offers ... Read more