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Choreographers Biography of Agnes de Mille 
 Short biography of Agnes de Mille, a dancer and choreographer of Broadway hits (such as "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" in 1949 and "Paint Your Wagon" in 1951) and ballets. Covers career highlights, theaters she founded, writings, and more. From the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3719&source_type=A Topics: Dance, Notable People: Women, Performing Arts Last updated Feb 28, 2006 Free to Dance
Explores "the crucial role that African-American choreographers and dancers have played in the development of modern dance as an American art form." Includes a timeline (1619-2001), historical and thematic essays, biographies of African-American dancers, recommended resources, and lesson plans. Online companion to PBS film of the same title, this site also contains transcripts of interviews with those featured in the program. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/freetodance/ Topics: Black Resources, Dance, Lesson Plans, Notable People Last updated Mar 15, 2004 Vaslav Nijinsky: Creating a New Artistic Era
This exhibition from the New York Public Library "focuses on [Vaslav Nijinsky's] career as a dancer and choreographer in a time marked by international disruptions of war as well as avant-garde collaborations and artistic energy. Nijinsky was a principal member of the Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg and then became an international star through his performances with Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in its seasons in Western Europe, from 1908." http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/nijinsky/ Topics: Dance, Notable People Last updated Mar 15, 2004 |
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