Agnes de Mille
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Oct 15, 2026
Christina WheelerGUEST
Um, but there's one, um, by Martha Graham.
Christina WheelerGUEST
It was a letter that she wrote to Agnes de Mille, and I'm paraphrasing it poorly.
Christina WheelerGUEST
I wish I had it in front of me.
Christina WheelerGUEST
Um, do we have a moment to take a little pause and I can go get it out and I can actually read it, or shall I just paraphrase it for you?
Roberto Q. IngramHOST
Yeah.
Christina WheelerGUEST
No, no, no, no. It's fine.
Christina WheelerGUEST
So there, um, is a quote, it's a very well-known one from Martha Graham to Agnes de Mille, two choreographers.
Christina WheelerGUEST
And, uh, Martha Graham was the grande dame of modern dance in the United States.
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In 1947, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Allegro opened at the Majestic Theater on Broadway.
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It was directed and choreographed by Agnes DeMille, and it was a forerunner to the concept musical Allegro.
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In 1961, Jerry Herman's first Broadway musical, Milk and Honey, premiered at the Martin Beck Theater on Broadway.
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It was set in Israel and it ran for 543 performances.
Denise Finnegan-HillHOST
One of these is Rodeo.
Denise Finnegan-HillHOST
The work was choreographed by Agnes DeMille, who asked Copland to write the score after hearing the music for his previous ballet, Billy the Kid.
Denise Finnegan-HillHOST
Although initially reluctant to write another cowboy ballet, Copland took on the task when assured it would differ greatly from Billy the Kid.
Denise Finnegan-HillHOST
The work premiered in 1942, with DeMille herself playing the lead of the cowgirl to much acclaim.
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Denise Finnegan-HillHOST
Elizabeth Mowick was at the piano in Music of Judith Langsamont, Nocturne, the Turn of the Century.
Denise Finnegan-HillHOST
A suite from Aaron Copland's Ballet Rodeo, his second ballet written on American Western themes, the first being Billy the Kid.
Denise Finnegan-HillHOST
The work premiered in 1942 with the choreographer who initially requested the work, Agnes DeMille, playing the lead role of the cowgirl.
Denise Finnegan-HillHOST
Here's a recording of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Joanne Folletta.
AndiHOST
So we have the director, Henry King, and the adaptation, which we've been talking about from the original stage play, which had a book by Oscar Hammerstein.
AndiHOST
the screenplay here is Phoebe and Henry Ephron and like the changes are due to them and also it's interesting that we have Rod Alexander as the choreographer but with a little asterisk because Agnes DeMille choreographed the original stage version I'm pretty sure because we get imported from there the Dream Ballet
KevinGUEST
which
AndiHOST
You know, the Dream Ballet in Oklahoma was such a big deal that like, oh, we're doing that again.
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KevinGUEST
here we have...
KevinGUEST
It's a great wide shot.
AndiHOST
We have preserved the Agnes DeMille choreography and we get mostly it's sort of In an abstract manner.
AndiHOST
Giving us the exposition about Louise.
LB CespedesHOST
Um, it's like in the long game, you realize the things that it works, that works in your favor when it comes to elongation and all this other stuff.
LB CespedesHOST
I remember we had Jerry Mitchell in here and that was something, especially when you look at, he was showing us pictures from when he was, um, a young dancer and like working in these Agnes DeMille shows and like, That was something that she was so especially drawn to because I think if I'm right, he made his Broadway debut in an Agnes DeMille show.
LB CespedesHOST
And it's like you see pictures of her and you're like, oh, my God.
LB CespedesHOST
You know, like it really works in his favor, but it also is something that takes a little bit more.
Teena BoothGUEST
I've heard that Supreme Court justices have been obsessed with this case.
Teena BoothGUEST
Agnes DeMille, who did a ballet about Lizzie Borden in the 40s, said she went to Fall River and would sit and talk to all these people who just couldn't stop discussing this case.
Teena BoothGUEST
And she said two Supreme Court justices were in this group.
Teena BoothGUEST
So, you know, it's not embarrassing at all.