Agnes de Mille's career was a very long and successful but also hard journey through the world of 20th century American theater and ballet. Born in 1905 in New York City, she was the daughter of William Churchill de Mille a very popular playwright and Anna George the daughter of the economist and single tax advocate George. When Agnes was little her father followed his brother Cecil B. de Mille to California, to try for work in the new gold field of motion pictures. He went for a year's stay and remained for the rest of his life. Agnes attended the school of University of California in Los Angeles
Around the same time her parents were getting a divorce her mother came back to New York to start a new life with Agnes and …show more content…
The company made several cross country tours with great success but this project which was a big a part of her was cut short by the cerebral hemorrhage which affected her really bad on May 15, 1975 as she was about to go on stage for her famous lecture Conversation About the Dance illustrated by members of her company.
Her return from near death to an altered but extraordinarily active life is outlined in her book Reprieve one of the five books she wrote since her stroke the other four being Where the Wings Grow America Dances Portrait Gallery and Martha The Life and Work of Martha Graham. She is also the author of Dance to the Piper translated into five languages And Promenade Home To a Young Dancer “The Book of Dance Lizzie Borden” “Dance of Death Dance in America Russian Journals and Speak to Me Dance with Me. Her activities included her favorite hobby of collecting fine porcelain and her research on the history of clothes, in which she was an expert. She remained a member of the Board of Directors of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers an organization she participated on creating and of which she was president for several years. She was during her time as president of the organization the only woman head of a labor union in the United
Around the same time her parents were getting a divorce her mother came back to New York to start a new life with Agnes and …show more content…
The company made several cross country tours with great success but this project which was a big a part of her was cut short by the cerebral hemorrhage which affected her really bad on May 15, 1975 as she was about to go on stage for her famous lecture Conversation About the Dance illustrated by members of her company.
Her return from near death to an altered but extraordinarily active life is outlined in her book Reprieve one of the five books she wrote since her stroke the other four being Where the Wings Grow America Dances Portrait Gallery and Martha The Life and Work of Martha Graham. She is also the author of Dance to the Piper translated into five languages And Promenade Home To a Young Dancer “The Book of Dance Lizzie Borden” “Dance of Death Dance in America Russian Journals and Speak to Me Dance with Me. Her activities included her favorite hobby of collecting fine porcelain and her research on the history of clothes, in which she was an expert. She remained a member of the Board of Directors of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers an organization she participated on creating and of which she was president for several years. She was during her time as president of the organization the only woman head of a labor union in the United