About Agnes de Mille

AGNES DE MILLE was a renowned dancer, choreographer, writer, lecturer and director whose concert and choreographic career spanned almost 70 years of the twentieth century. She forever changed the course of American dance for both ballet and musical theatre. De Mille celebrated the American spirit through narrative ballets, which were driven, most often, through strong women characters. Her long illustrious career produced over 21 ballets and 17 musical theatre productions. A pioneer for women in the arts throughout the 20th century, she was one of the first women to both direct and choreograph a Broadway musical and was a founding member for the union of stage directors and choreographers (SDC) for which she was the only female president of a trade union at the time. A great stateswoman for the arts, she was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to the National Advisory Committee for the Arts and the later National Council of the newly formed National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) by President Lyndon Johnson. Throughout her long and illustrious career, de Mille was a tremendous artistic and intellectual force who helped shape the identity and history of the American performing arts through her artistry, engagement, and search for the “intrinsic American.”

ReCent and Future productions of Agnes De Mille Works

AGNES DE MILLE’S BALLETS are still performed by ballet companies worldwide. Her musical theater work continues to be performed in their original form in full theater productions or by ballet companies as “Suites” or “Dances From…”

Agnes de Mille, Author

AGNES DE MILLE WAS A PROLIFIC WRITER publishing 11 books. She began with autobiographical works, which not only narrate her life story, but simultaneously recount the history of 20th century American dance and theater, in which she played an indelible role. De Mille also published several books on dance history, particularly American dance history. Her last publication, in 1992, was a biography of her close colleague and friend, Martha Graham.

Licensing the Dance works of Agnes de Mille

ABOUT THE DE MILLE WORKING GROUP

De Mille Productions was established in 1993 by Jonathan Prude, as heir to Agnes de Mille, to promote the performance and licensing of Agnes de Mille's choreographic works. The ballets are owned by Jonathan Prude and the licensing and stagings are administered and overseen by The De Mille Working Group, under the directorship of Anderson Ferrell. Representation is through The Law Offices of Richard Garmise, PLLC.