St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968
Biography
http://www.ruhaniat.org/lineage/RSDBio.php (b. Ruth Dennis in rural New Jersey, year given by various sources as 1877, 78, 79 or 80. The daughter of a strong-willed and highly educated woman (Ruth Emma Dennis was a physician by training), St. Denis was encouraged to study dance from an early age. Her early training included Delsarte technique, ballet lessons with the Italian ballerina Maria Bonfante, and popular social dance forms. Ruth began her professional career in New York City in 1892 ... career as a solo artist began in 1905 with Radha ... In 1914 St. Denis married Ted Shawn, one of her dance partners, and the next year they founded the Denishawn dance school and company in Los Angeles.
Found in 376 Collections and/or Records:
Ruth St. Denis at the Taj Mahal, 1926
Ruth St. Denis poses at the Taj Mahal in Agra, India.
Ruth St. Denis, autographed photo, 1949
Autographed photograph of Ruth St. Denis performing outside in a flowing white costume. The photo is inscribed, "To my Phil with all of (unreadable). Miss Ruth '49"
Ruth St. Denis, Babylonian., between 1879-1985
Ruth St. Denis performs a Babylonian dance.
Ruth St. Denis Celebrating Her 76th Birthday, 1955
Ruth St. Denis celebrates her 76th birthday with Phil Baribault in 1955.
Ruth St. Denis Concert Dancers in Soaring, between 1879-1985
Three dancers with one holding a large white cloth perform ''Soaring.'' A fourth dancer is behind the large cloth.
Ruth St. Denis Concert Dancers in Soaring, between 1879-1985
The Denishawn Dancers perform in Soaring, choreographed by Ruth St. Denis and Doris Humphrey in 1919.
Ruth St. Denis Contact Sheet, 1950
Photograph of numbered negatives of Ruth St. Denis in various costumes.
Ruth St. Denis - 'Current Biography', 1959
Materials generated by Suzanne Shelton Buckley during her research for her dissertation and manuscript on Ruth St. Denis (1879-1968), a dancer and choreographer who was a seminal figure in modern dance. The dissertation was published by Doubleday in 1981 as Divine Dancer: A Biography of Ruth St. Denis.
Ruth St. Denis dancers in Soaring, between 1879-1985
Ruth St. Denis and dancers perform ''Soaring.''
Ruth St. Denis Dances with a Bowl on Her Head, between 1879-1968
Ruth St. Denis twirls with a bowl on her head.
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