- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (NTSC) (48 min.) : sd., col.
- Summary
- Agnes de Mille and Bob Fosse, respectively represented on the current Broadway scene by the revival of Oklahoma! and Dancin', discuss aspects of choreographing for Broadway and film. After viewing footage of the audition scene from Fosse's film All that jazz, they describe the qualities they look for at auditions, and compare the roles of performer and choreographer. They then discuss the American perception of ballet as "sissy," and the expression of sexuality in dance. The volta, a daring 17th-century dance reconstructed by de Mille for her lecture-demonstration Conversations about the dance, is seen in a video performance by members of the Joffrey Ballet. Fosse discusses the two versions of the "Erotica" number he created for All that jazz, the first (seen in a film clip) in conventional Broadway style, the second conceived as an expression of the main character's sexual fantasies. Other topics include the difference between choreographing for the stage and the camera, typical salaries of Broadway dancers, the rivalry over billing and credits, and television advertising for Broadway shows.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Agnes de Mille Collection.
- Uniform Title
- Conversations about the dance (Choreographic work)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Note
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Performer (note)
- Interviewer: Tom Snyder.
- Interviewees: Agnes de Mille, Bob Fosse.
- Event (note)
- Recorded and/or telecast in New York on January 31, 1980.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 9026
- OCLC
- NYPY97-F227
- Title
Tomorrow with Tom Snyder [electronic resource] / National Broadcasting Company, inc. ; directed by George Paul ; produced by Pamela Burke.
- Imprint
New York, NY : WNBC-TV, c1980.
- Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
- Event
Recorded and/or telecast in New York on January 31, 1980.
- Performer
Interviewer: Tom Snyder.
Interviewees: Agnes de Mille, Bob Fosse.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-5243.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Motion pictures. All that jazz.
Musical comedies. Oklahoma.
Musical comedies. Dancin'.
Dance -- Auditions.
Sex in dance.
Eroticism in dance.
Homosexuality in dance.
Dance publicity.
- Added Author
De Mille, Agnes, interviewee.
De Mille, Agnes, choreographer.
Fosse, Bob, 1927-1987, interviewee.
Fosse, Bob, 1927-1987, choreographer.
Snyder, Tom, 1936-2007, interviewer.
Paul, George. Director
Burke, Pamela. Producer
Joffrey Ballet.
National Broadcasting Company.
DHCA.
- Added Title
Conversations about the dance (Choreographic work)
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 9026
*MGZIC 9-5243 (former)