de Mille
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Agnes (George), 1908–93, U.S. choreographer and dancer (niece ofCecil B. De Mille ).
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De MillenounCecil B(lount) 1881–1959, U.S. motion-picture producer and director (uncle ofAgnes de Mille ).
de Mille
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The festivities include Graham classics and a re-envisioned “Rodeo” by Agnes de Mille.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2023
Dr de Mille said he made employing former servicemen a priority and "85% of the villagers and workforce came from an ex-service background" when work resumed in 1919.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2023
In the 1950s and 1960s, choreographer Agnes de Mille advocated for copyrights specific to choreography because she got very limited royalties for her work on the hit musical "Oklahoma!"
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2021
Mr. Heginbotham has said he was inspired by remarks made by Agnes de Mille, who created the original choreography for the show in 1943.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2019
If Jennifer were a dance, she would be the Agnes de Mille dream sequence from Oklahoma!
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
During his Hollywood run, he was commissioned to make shoes, among them 12,000 pairs of sandals for the 1923 movie “The Ten Commandments,” directed by Cecil B. De Mille.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2019
The award, which is currently unnamed, will act as the TV equivalent of the Globes’ Cecil B De Mille Award, which recognises “outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment”.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 6, 2018
De Mille had a habit of constantly revising movement material, reusing it in work after work until it attained a final form that satisfied her.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2011
There are classics by directors who include Cecil B. De Mille and Sam Wood and gems starring such actors as Mary Pickford and Sessue Hayakawa.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2011
De Mille joined the company in Denver and rehearsals were begun there.
From Charles Frohman: Manager and Man by Isaac Frederick Marcosson
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