Agnes De Mille

Agnes de Mille (1905 1993) was a choreographer, dancer, and writer. She created many ballets, including "Rodeo" and "Fall River Legend," and choreographed several well-known musical theater productions, including "Oklahoma!," "Brigadoon," "Carousel," and "One Touch of Venus." Joan Acocella is a staff writer for "The New Yorker," and has been the magazine s dance critic since 1998. She is the author of several books, including "Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism," "Creating Hysteria:...See more

Agnes de Mille (1905 1993) was a choreographer, dancer, and writer. She created many ballets, including "Rodeo" and "Fall River Legend," and choreographed several well-known musical theater productions, including "Oklahoma!," "Brigadoon," "Carousel," and "One Touch of Venus." Joan Acocella is a staff writer for "The New Yorker," and has been the magazine s dance critic since 1998. She is the author of several books, including "Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism," "Creating Hysteria: Women and Multiple Personality Disorder," and "Mark Morris," a biographical and critical study of the choreographer. Acocella is the co-editor of "Andre Levinson on Dance: Writings from Paris in the Twentie"s and the editor of "The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky." Her most recent book is a collection of essays, "Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints."" See less