Sunday, May 20, 2012

Post 17- Agnes de Mille

Agnes de Mille,I wish I had met her or Martha Graham or both! Agnes grew up in New York, New york. Her father was  William C. deMille an Hollywood director.She at first wanted to be an actress but she was told she was 'not pretty enough' so then she turned her attention to dance. She then wanted to do dance but back then it was considered an activity not a beneficial thing so her father said no. Then when her younger sister went into dance to try to cure her flat feet she went along and did dance lessons too. But she wasn't that good and didn't have that much flexibility. She learned more about dance by watching ballets. She knew the passion of dance. She ended up being an brilliant choreographer and an excellent dancer. She was best friends with Martha Graham and brought a whole new way of choreographing on Broadway. She and Martha Graham made the concept that it is about showing the emotions of a character, plot ,the passion in dancing not just technique and what that dancer can do. So today all the quotes I present are going to be from Agnes de Mille.

 

A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head. -
Agnes de Mille


Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.
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Agnes de Mille


Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.
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Agnes de Mille


No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.
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Agnes de Mille


The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.
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Agnes de Mille


The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.
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Agnes de Mille



The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a love affair, and the figure you watch should not become your dearest friend.
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Agnes de Mille


The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.
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Agnes de Mille


The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind. From this voyage no one returns poor or weary.
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Agnes de Mille


Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they're afraid that they'll be forgotten. And in America they're quite right. They will be.
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Agnes de Mille


To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.
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Agnes de Mille

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