- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (NTSC) (26 min.) : sd., col.
- Summary
- Interview with choreographer Agnes de Mille, who discusses various topics, beginning with the low status of the dance at the Metropolitan Opera, her parents' opposition to her becoming a dancer, why she began to choreograph, and her early work Black ritual for Ballet Theatre. She describes her experiences in working on the musical Oklahoma!, particularly her interactions with composer Richard Rodgers. Three dancers then perform a satirical dance created by her for Conversations about the dance, a lecture-demonstration on the history of dance. She also assesses the present-day popularity and creativity of dance.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Agnes de Mille Collection.
- Uniform Title
- Conversations about the dance (Choreographic work)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Performer (note)
- Host: Beverly Sills.
- Guest: Agnes de Mille.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 8607
- OCLC
- NYPY97-F224
- Title
Lifestyles with Beverly Sills [electronic resource] / National Broadcasting Company, inc. ; director, Paul Freeman ; producer, Edith Luray ; executive producer: Larry Johnson.
- Imprint
U.S. : WNBC-TV, c1978.
- Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
- Performer
Host: Beverly Sills.
Guest: Agnes de Mille.
Dancers: Jan Hanniford, Lisa Slagle, and Russell Sultzbach of the Joffrey Ballet.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-5218.
- Local Subject
Musical comedies. Oklahoma.
Television. Lifestyles.
- Added Author
De Mille, Agnes, interviewee.
De Mille, Agnes, choreographer.
Sills, Beverly. Interviewer
Hanniford, Jan, dancer.
Slagle, Lisa, dancer.
Sultzbach, Russell, dancer.
Freeman, Paul. Director
Luray, Edith. Producer
Joffrey Ballet.
National Broadcasting Company.
DHCA.
- Added Title
Conversations about the dance (Choreographic work)
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 8607
*MGZIC 9-5218 (former)