Brigadoon (choreography)
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Brigadoon (choreography) is Agnes de Mille’s acclaimed dance staging for the 1947 Lerner and Loewe musical, noted for integrating ballet and character-driven movement into the storytelling.
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
stage choreography
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theatrical dance work → |
| associatedPeriod | mid-20th-century American musical theatre → |
| associatedWithChoreographer | Agnes de Mille → |
| basedOn |
Brigadoon
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surface form:
Brigadoon (musical)
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| choreographer | Agnes de Mille → |
| composerAssociated | Frederick Loewe NERFINISHED → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | acclaimed → |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1947 → |
| firstProducedFor | original Broadway production of Brigadoon → |
| genre |
ballet-influenced choreography
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musical theatre choreography → |
| historicalSignificance | early example of fully integrated musical theatre choreography → |
| influencedBy |
ballet tradition
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folk dance traditions → |
| integratesWith |
book of Brigadoon (musical)
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score of Brigadoon (musical) → |
| languageOfProduction | English → |
| lyricistAssociated | Alan Jay Lerner NERFINISHED → |
| medium | live stage performance → |
| notableFor |
influence on later musical theatre choreography
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integrating dance into narrative storytelling → use of ballet to develop character → |
| partOf |
Brigadoon
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surface form:
Brigadoon (musical)
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| premieredInCity | New York City NERFINISHED → |
| premieredOnBroadway | yes → |
| settingDepicted | mythical Scottish village of Brigadoon → |
| usesMovementStyle |
Scottish folk dance elements
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ballet → character-driven movement → |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Agnes de Mille