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.
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.
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 2013 she joined the founding team for Minerva, a new university created to equip students with adaptable skills using an innovative curriculum and immersive global travel. As the owner of Kara Gardner, Learning consultant, she designs meaningful and engaging learning experiences for students and professionals.
Inhaltsangabe
* Contents * Foreword by Geoffrey Block * Preface: The Choreographer as Playwright * Acknowledgments * Note on Sources * 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 * Bibliography * Index
* Contents * Foreword by Geoffrey Block * Preface: The Choreographer as Playwright * Acknowledgments * Note on Sources * 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 * Bibliography * Index
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