Agnes De Mille Knihy

The author, a celebrated choreographer and a friend of Martha Graham for more than sixty years, traces Graham's life and career and discusses her training as a student, her early successes, and her development of a new language of dance

Agnes de Mille's wide-ranging knowledge of the history of dance informs this authoritative examination of early Indian dancing rituals, the contributions of Balanchine, Robbins, and Kidd, contemporary ballet, and even the recent disco phenomenon