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Agnes DeMille Presentation
Agnes DeMille Presentation
DeMille
By: Asher, Miceala,
Steven & Jaria
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Early life and
significance
today
Biographical aspects of
her life and training
-Agnes de mille was born in 1905 in Harl to William Churchill and
Anna George. Quickly moved to California. .
- First started to find her love of dance watching Pavlova in the ballet,
Agnes and her sister was never put into dance due to her father really
wanting sons, and thought dancers had bad reputations
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Agnes used her foundational love of acting to really originate new choreography that
people haven't seen before. She loved incorporating realistic movements into dances that
added to the characters and storyline.
● Her original love was for Acting, which allowed her to bridge into musical theatre
“Many A New Day”- Oklahoma “June is Bustin out all over”- Carousel
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“There would be no
Oklahoma! without
Rodeo.”
- Agnes DeMille
How she's known
How she’s known
● Multiple musicals
○ “Oklahoma” “Rodeo”
Agnes DeMille Choreography
○ “Brigadoon”
○ “Bloomer Girl” and “Paint your Wagon”
● Multiple famous films
○ “Oklahoma”
○ “Romeo and Juliet”
● Ballet choreographer
○ “Fall River Legend”
○ “Black River”
○ “Rodeo”
“Brigadoon”
Agnes DeMille Choreography
Playbill IMDB IBDB
Her Written Works
○ Her life!
Developing Her Technique
style.
Martha Graham.
Evolution of Her Craft
Agnes DeMille's "The Farmer and the Agnes DeMille "Louise's Ballet"
Cowman"
Genres and Mediums
specials.
Her Past Works
● MLA – Rothberg, Emma. “Agnes de Mille.” National Women’s History Museum, 2021. Date accessed.