Bloomer Girl (choreography)
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Bloomer Girl (choreography) is a landmark mid-1940s Broadway dance work by Agnes de Mille that blended American folk motifs with narrative ballet to advance character and story onstage.
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| instanceOf |
Broadway dance work
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ballet-based stage work → theatrical choreography → |
| artForm |
ballet
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dance → musical theatre → |
| associatedWith |
Agnes de Mille’s development of narrative dance
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| basedOn |
American folk motifs
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| choreographer |
Agnes de Mille
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| creator |
Agnes de Mille
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| culturalContext |
American musical theatre
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| firstPerformedIn |
1940s
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| genre |
American folk-inspired dance
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musical theatre choreography → narrative ballet → |
| hasInfluenced |
integration of dance and storytelling in musical theatre
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subsequent Broadway narrative choreography → |
| hasSubject |
American identity
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American social themes → |
| historicalContext |
World War II era Broadway
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| languageOfWork |
English
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| movement |
Golden Age of Broadway
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| narrativeFunction |
advances character development
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advances story onstage → |
| notableFor |
blending American folk motifs with ballet vocabulary
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integration of dance with narrative in a Broadway musical → |
| partOf |
Bloomer Girl (musical)
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| performanceMedium |
Broadway stage
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| placeOfPerformance |
New York City
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| relatedWork |
Carousel (choreography)
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Oklahoma! (choreography) → |
| significance |
considered a landmark Broadway dance work of the 1940s
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| timePeriod |
mid-1940s
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| usesStyle |
American folk dance
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ballet → theatrical character dance → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Agnes de Mille
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notableWork |