KATHERINE DUNHAM
KATHERINE DUNHAM
KATHERINE DUNHAM
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AGNES DE MILLE1905-1993DANCER/CHOREOGRAPHER/WRITER BORN INTO THEFAMOUS DE MILLE FAMILY OF HOLLYWOOD.SHE STUDIED AT BALLET RAMBERT IN ENGLAND THENJOINED ABT AS A DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER.HER BEST KNOWN BALLET IS RODEO WITH SCORE BYAARON COPLAND.IT IS AN EXUBERANT PICTURE OF LIFE ON A RANCH WITHCOWBOYS AND COWGIRLS.THE BALLET CLIMAXED WITH A LIVELY AMERICAN SQUAREDANCE AND A NEW FOLK IDIOM WAS ADDED TO THECHARACTER VOCABULARY OF BALLET.