DeMille, Agnes George

Japanese: デミル(英語表記)DeMille, Agnes George
DeMille, Agnes George
Born: September 18, 1905, New York
[Died] October 6, 1993, New York American dancer and choreographer. After studying under M. Rambert and other dancers, he started out as a choreographer. He created Black Rites (1940), Rodeo (42), and Mountain Wind (65) for the Ballet Theater and other venues. He also choreographed musicals such as Oklahoma! (43) and Brigadoon (47), and worked on films such as Romeo and Juliet (36) and Oklahoma! (55). In 1973, he founded Heritage Dance Theater based at the North Carolina School of the Arts. Her books include Dance to the Piper (52), To a Young Dancer (62), The Book of the Dance (63), and American Dance (81).

DeMille
DeMille, Cecil B.

Born August 12, 1881 in Ashfield, Massachusetts.
[Died] January 21, 1959. Los Angeles, California. American film director and producer. Full name Cecil Blount DeMille. In 1913, he founded a film company (later Paramount Pictures) with Jesse L. Lasky and Samuel Goldwyn. He made his directorial debut with The Squaw Man (released in 1914). After that, he worked on spectacle films as a senior director and producer for Paramount Pictures. His major works include The Ten Commandments (1923, 1956) and The Greatest Show on Earth (1952, Academy Award for Best Picture).

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Japanese:
[生]1905.9.18. ニューヨーク
[没]1993.10.6. ニューヨーク
アメリカの舞踊家,振付師。 M.ランバートらに師事し,ダンサーとして活躍したのち,振付師として出発。『黒い儀式』 (1940) ,『ロデオ』 (42) ,『山中の風』 (65) をバレエ・シアターなどのために作る。またミュージカルの振付師として『オクラホマ!』 (43) ,『ブリガドゥーン』 (47) を担当,映画『ロミオとジュリエット』 (36) ,『オクラホマ!』 (55) などを手がけた。 73年,ノースカロライナ芸術学校を基盤にヘリテージ・ダンス・シアターを創設。著書に『ダンス・トゥ・ザ・パイパー』 Dance to the Piper (52) ,『若き舞踊家へ』 To a Young Dancer (62) ,『舞踊の本』 The Book of the Dance (63) ,『アメリカの踊り』 (81) などがある。

デミル
DeMille, Cecil B.

[生]1881.8.12. マサチューセッツ,アシュフィールド
[没]1959.1.21. カリフォルニア,ロサンゼルス
アメリカ合衆国の映画監督,制作者。フルネーム Cecil Blount DeMille。1913年ジェシー・L.ラスキー,サミュエル・ゴールドウィンらと映画会社(のちのパラマウント映画)を興した。『スクォーマン』The Squaw Man(1914公開)で監督としてデビュー。以後パラマウント映画の首席監督,制作者として,スペクタクル映画を手がけた。主作品『十戒』The Ten Commandments(1923,1956),『地上最大のショー』The Greatest Show on Earth(1952,アカデミー賞作品賞)。

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