The Dance Historian Is In: Jane Pritchard and Diana Byer Discuss Frederick Ashton, Agnes de Mille and Antony Tudor
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New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
The Dance Historian Is In, a monthly series at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, will present a discussion of the early careers of dance legends Frederick Ashton, Agnes de Mille, and Antony Tudor in 1930’s England, on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 1:00-3:00 P.M., at the Library’s Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center.
The discussions, conducted by Jane Pritchard, Curator of Dance at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, and moderated by Diana Byer, founder of New York Theatre Ballet and School, will explore the choreographer’s formative years spent at Marie Rambert’s Ballet Club and the Mercury Theatre in London.
Through performance excerpts and archival images and film, Pritchard and Byer will delve into the formative years of Ashton, de Mille, and Tudor in which the three trained, performed, and choreographed together. The program will examine their early training and cultural influences which shaped the groundbreaking work of their later years.
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