This half-hour TV special aired sixty years ago. Agnes Demille appears briefly, then speaks in voice-over as a troupe of a dozen dancers perform in a rehearsal studio; she then returns, talking about how dancers are examples of the "divine normal." Apparently, if you work really hard, you can perform in groups of four.
It's a joyless celebration of beauty, and Miss Demille is a lecturing, stern schoolmarm with a weird-looking giant hairpin drawing the viewer's attention, whose message is....
Well, I'm not sure. the dancing is very good, the camerawork byPeter Glushanok is beautifully composed and the editing by Eleanor Hamerow keeps the dancers in view, with enough variety to avoid boredom. I can only conclude that Miss Demille was possessed of a great talent which she could not explain in English.
It's a joyless celebration of beauty, and Miss Demille is a lecturing, stern schoolmarm with a weird-looking giant hairpin drawing the viewer's attention, whose message is....
Well, I'm not sure. the dancing is very good, the camerawork byPeter Glushanok is beautifully composed and the editing by Eleanor Hamerow keeps the dancers in view, with enough variety to avoid boredom. I can only conclude that Miss Demille was possessed of a great talent which she could not explain in English.