Agnes De Mille

Question 1

Name and Date Rodeo

Answer 1

Agnes De Mille 1942

Question 2

Name and Date Carousel

Answer 2

Agnes De Mille, 1942

Question 3

Name and Date Oklahoma!

Answer 3

Agnes De Mille, 1943

Question 4

Describe Territory Folk in Oklahoma?

Answer 4

Hoe Down, wild west folk dance - shows time period and location
polka - gallops social dance
Fornations, circle, line, tapps
Agnes De Millie with Folk
Ballet - enchaiments, Grand Jeté, en tournonts
Knee Slide

Question 5

Describe Many a New Day in Oklahoma?

Answer 5

Ballet - spring points
Telling story of situation - “combing hair” non literal meeting
Main character no dancing shows dance not important as chorus dance around her
attitude pirroettes - ballet

Question 6

Describe Kansas City in Oklahoma?

Answer 6

Tap eg shuffles like 42nd street
elaborate set
transitions with train horse

Question 7

Describe June is bustin all over in Carousel

Answer 7

salor section - strength, walking then fists uo, confrentation, walkinh round on the hands, cossaks - helps to show the character of Salors with is a convention of Agnes De Mille
Ballet - devlapé, Fouetté, all girls in arabesqué on own
Backhand springs

Question 8

Describe the Movement in Rodeo

Answer 8

Lasso being used as a fast and powerful movment - cowboy theme
One leg attitude in second other hand on knee bouncing on supporting leg - ballet infulence
2nd position grand plié with hand in fist infont gives riding house like - slow to fast

Question 9

Describe Louises Ballet in Carousel

Answer 9

12 mins long dance break
no swapping of characters
Dance on location at the beach at start of ballet and boe in hair shows young
Circus Section - girls being lifted in a stag position tilting up and down uses point shoes to exaggerate movement, vibrent colours Jacques D’aboise new york ballet
Duet - gets sujuced to the man, lift into fish dive, unison devlipé, lifts above head then turns to floor ends with a kiss and the wealthy people point index and strike towards louise

Question 10

Describe Oklahoma in the Dream Ballet Laurie and Curly’s Duet

Answer 10

Laurie has a gingham dress - lilac + white - vail, Curly in red shirt with necky Cheif
Sound is loud and has direct corrolation with jumps
themes of love and romantic
Lauire leaps into Curley’s arms in stag positions with arms in 3rd

Question 11

What is Agnes De Milles Style

Answer 11

*Tap *- In June is Bustin all over ->shuffles, taps
Ballet Oklahoma “Many a New Day” - spring points, extentions, arabesque, Carousel Point shoes
Folk and Character Oklahoma + Rodeo - deep plie in 2nd and stop like are on a horse, Teritory Folk - hoe down + contact

Question 12

What were some of Anges De Milles Influences

Answer 12

**Ballet Choreographer - **
seen through Carousel in Louises Ballet - Jacques Du’ Amboise and was a principle dancer on loan from New York Ballet

Folk -
Fast Foot work
Circle formations
contact - Duet Ballet - pa du deux in Oklahoma Laurie and Curly’s duet

**Character - **
Salors in June is Justin all over - Salut to show character
Boys in Carousel Louise Ballet - men leap frog - young character

Question 13

What is Agnes De Milles Legacy

Answer 13

Used Pedestrian movement to show character -> Carousel 1945 “ June is Bustin all over” shows Salor Character
In Carousel in Louises Ballet, Ballet is seen for the first time on location - a beach
Indroduced a 20 min dance in the Dream Ballet - swapped dancer showed that the casting for dance was not as inportant
She showed the importance of Jazz through Louises Ballet dancers don’t switch and show impaortance of casting
Included old Jazz like isolations from the ankle from African in The Sallon Girls