Full Danceography
Ballets
Obeah, Black Ritual (Darius Milhaud). Decor by de Molas. Performed by Ballet Theatre (American Ballet Theatre). Cast: Carole Ash, Maudelle Bass, Valerie Black, Clementina Collingwood, Muriel Cook, Azelean Cox, Mable Hart, Edith Hurd, Anne Jones, Evelyn Pilcher, Edith Ross, Elizabeth Thompson, Dorothy Williams, Lavinia Williams, and Bernice Willis. The Center Theater, New York City, January 22, 1940.
Three Virgins and a Devil (Ottorino Respighi). Scenario by Ramon Reed, costumes by Motley, scenery by Arne Lundberg. First presented by Ballet Theater with Agnes de Mille, Annabelle Lyon, Lucia Chase, and Eugene Loring at the Majestic Theater, New York City, February 11, 1941 (an earlier version with different music was in the 1934 London revue Why Not Tonight).
Drums Sound Hackensack (Frederic Cohen). Costumes by Joep Nicolas. First presented by Jooss Ballet with Ulla Soederbaum and Hans Zullig at Maxine Elliott's Theatre, New York City, October 2, 1941.
Rodeo (Aaron Copland). Scenery by Oliver Smith, costumes by Kermit Love. First presented by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo with Agnes de Mille, Frederic Franklin, and Casimir Kokich at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, October 16, 1942.
Tally Ho (The Frail Quarry) (Christoph Gluck/arr. by Paul Nordoff). Decor and costumes by Motley. First Presented by Ballet Theatre with Janet Reed, Anton Dolin and Hugh Laing at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium, February 26, 1944.
Fall River Legend (Morton Gould) Costumes by Miles White, scenery by Oliver Smith. First presented by Ballet Theatre with Alicia Alonso, Diana Adams, Michael Bentley, Peter Gladke, John Kriza and Crandall Diehl at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, April 22, 1948.
The Harvest According (Virgil Thomson) Scenery and Costumes by Lemuel Ayers. First presented by Ballet Theatre with Gemze de Lappe, Liane Plane, Ruth Anne Koesun, Kelly Brown, and Jenny Workman at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, October 1, 1952.
The Rib of Eve (Morton Gould). Costumes by Irene Sharaff, scenery by Oliver Smith. First presented by Ballet Theatre with Nora Kaye, James Mitchell and Barbara Lloyd at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, April 25, 1956
Sebastian (Gian Carlo Menotti). Ballet Theatre previewed production with Nora Kaye, Darrell Notara, John Kriza, and Lupe Serrano at the Phoenix Theatre, New York City, May 27, 1957.
The Bitter Weird (Frederick Loewe and Trude Rittman) Costumes by Motley, scenery by John Graham, first presented by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet with Richard Rutherford and Marilyn Young at the Manitoba Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba, March 9, 1962 (an earlier version, called Ballade, was performed by the Agnes de Mille Dance Theatre in 1953). This ballet is a reworking of the dances from Brigadoon.
The Rehearsal (Morton Gould) First presented by Royal Winnipeg Ballet with Wendy Barker and Richard Rutherford, narrated by Agnes de Mille at the Manitoba Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, October 2, 1964.
The Wind in the Mountains (trad. Folk tunes, arr. by Laurence Rosenthal). Costumes by Stanley Simmons, scenery and lighting by Jean Rosenthal. First presented by the American Ballet Theatre at the New York State Theater, New York City, March 17, 1965.
The Four Marys (trad. folk tune, arr. by Trude Rittman) Costumes by Stanley Simmons, scenery by Oliver Smith, lighting by Jan Rosenthal. First presented by American Ballet Theatre with Carmen de Lavallade (“Mary Hamilton”), Judith Lerner (“The Mistress”), Paul Sutherland (“Her Suitor”), Judith Jamison (“Mary Seaton”), Cleo Quitman (“Mary Beaton”) and Glory Van Scott (“Mary Carmichael”). Premiered at New York State Theater, New York City, March 23, 1965.
The Golden Age (Genevieve Pitot after Rossini, arr. by Laurence Rosenthal). Costumes by Stanley Simmons, scenery by William and Jean Eckart, lighting by Jennifer Tipton. First presented by the Harkness Ballet at Clowes Hall, Indianapolis with Elisabeth Carroll, Susan Whelan, Claudia Corday, and Richard Wagner, October 26, 1967.
A Rose for Miss Emily (Alan Hovhaness). Costumes by Stanley Simmons, scenery by A. Christina Giannini. First presented by the North Carolina School of the Arts with Gemze de Lappe and David Evans in Winston-Salem, October 25, 1970. First performed by American Ballet Theatre with Sallie Wilson and Gayle Young at City Center New York City. December 30, 1970.
Texas Fourth (Harvey Schmidt, plus trad. tunes, orchestrated by Hershy Kaye). Scenery by Oliver Smith, costumes by A. Christina Giannini, lighting by Nananne Porcher. First presented by the Agnes de Mille Heritage Dance Theatre at the North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, April 1973. Presented by American Ballet Theatre with Dennis Nahat, William Carter, Rebecca Wright, Eric Nesbitt, George de la Pena, Buddy Balough, and Ruth Mayer in principal roles at the New York State Theater, New York City, July 8, 1976.
Summer (Franz Schubert) Costumes by Agnes de Mille and E. Virginia Williams, lighting by Thomas Skelton. First presented by the Boston Ballet with Anamarie Sarazin, David Brown, Woytek Lowski, pianist David Baker, and singer David Arnold at the Music Hall, Boston, April 10, 1975. In 1992, this ballet was later reworked as the ballet The Other.
A Bridegroom Called Death (Franz Schubert) Costumes by Stanley Simmons, lighting by Thomas Skelton. Presented by the Joffrey Ballet with Denise Jackson, Gregory Huffman, and Burton Taylor at the 55th Street Theatre, New York City, November 1, 1978. This ballet was the following version of Summer, whose final version was The Other in 1992.
Inconsequentials (Franz Schubert). Costumes by Santo Loquasto, lighting by Richard Moore. Presented by the Richmond Ballet with Maria Gisladottir and Jerry Schwender at the Mosque, Richmond, Virginia, October 25, 1981. Two pas de deux from the final version of the two above ballets, whose final version is The Other.
The Informer (Celtic songs, arr. by Marc Blitzstein, Martha Johnson, John Morris, Trude Rittman). Scenery and costumes by Santo Loquasto. Lighting by Jennifer Tipton. First presented by American Ballet Theatre with Victor Barbee, Johan Renvall, and Kathleen Moore at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. March 15, 1988. Original dances taken from the musical Juno (Blitzstein, O’Casey and Stein), 1959.
The Other (Franz Schubert, to Poems by Goethe). Costumes by Santo Loquasto, lighting by Jennifer Tipton. First Presented by American Ballet Theatre with Amanda McKerrow, Victor Barbee, Roger Van Fleteren, singer Paul Rowe and pianist William Wolfram at the Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington, D.C., April 3, 1992.
Theater Choreography
With Warren Leonard: "Can Can" for The Black Crook (Offenbach), Lyric Theater, Hoboken, New Jersey, March 11, 1929.
With Warren Leonard: "Smokin' Reefers" for Flying Colors (Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz), 1932.
Nymph Errant (Cole Porter), London, September 1933.
Oklahoma! (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II ), 1943.
One Touch of Venus* (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash, and S.J. Perelman), 1943.
Bloomer Girl (Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg), 1944.
Carousel (Rodgers and Hammerstein), 1945.
Brigadoon (Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe), 1947.
Allegro* (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II), 1947. Director and choreographer
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Joseph Fields, Anita Loos, Leo Robin and Jules Styne), 1949.
Paint Your Wagon (Alan Lerner and Frederick Loewe), 1951.
The Girl in Pink Tights (Sigmund Romberg and Leo Robin), 1954.
Goldilocks* (Leroy Anderson and Jean and Walter Kerr), 1958.
Juno (Marc Blitzstein and Joseph Stein), 1959.
Kwamina (Richard Adler and Robert Alan Aurthur), 1961.
110 in the Shade (Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt and Ogden Nash), 1961.
Come Summer (David Baker and Will Holt), 1969.
*Various sections of these dances have been reconstructed.
Film Choreography
“Pavane," Romeo and Juliet (anon., arr. Norman Franklin), "Court Ballet" (Thomas Weelkes, arr. Louis Horst); 1935.
Oklahoma!, (Rodgers and Hammerstein), 1954.
Television
Omnibus TV Series, CBS television.
"The Art of Ballet," 1956.
"The Art of Choreography," 1956.
"Lizzie Borden” 1957.
“Bloomer Girl,” Producers’ Showcase, 1956. NBC television.
“Gold Rush,” (Dances from “Paint Your Wagon”), Seven Lively Arts, 1958. CBS television.
“Cherry Tree Carol,”Bell Telephone Hour, 1959. NBC Television.
“The Bitter Weird,” (dances from “Brigadoon”), Royal Winnipeg Ballet), Take 30, 1964. CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Company).
"Conversations About the Dance,” 1980. WNET/13.
“Dance Theatre of Harlem: Fall River Legend,” 1989. Danmark’s Radio (Denmark), broadcast in the U.S., 1991 by Bravo network.