Denishawn School of Dancing
Biography
School of modern dance est. in New York by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn.
Found in 299 Collections and/or Records:
Denishawn on Train (Duplicate), 1925
Ruth St. Denis and company at a train on their way to the boat that will take them to the Orient in 1925.
Denishawn Photo Album and Scrapbook
This collection contains 2 scrapbooks containing photographs, postcards, and notes from Denishawn's tour of Asia from 1925 to 1926.
Denishawners, 1981
Subject file relating either a dance topic, individual, or company. Folder contains articles, correspondence, documents, notes, and ephemera.
Dennis Family, 1890s
Portrait of Ruth Dennis with her family as a child. Pictured from left to right: Ruth, her father, her brother (Buzz), and mother.
Dissertation - Research - Denishawn, 1926-1933
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.
Dissertation - Research - Denishawn Revivals, 1976-1980
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.
Egypta
Ruth St. Denis performs topless in ''Egypta.''
Egyptian Ballet, 1915
Ruth St. Denis performs with other dancers in 'Egyptian Ballet' in 1915. Left to right: Vanda Haff, Florence Andreus, Margaret Loomis, Carol Dempster, Ted Shawn, Ruth St. Denis, Chaula Monzon, Clair Niles, Yvonne Sinnaid, and Ada Foreman.
Egyptian Deities poster, 1904
Poster that inspired both the ''Egypta'' and ''Radha'' dances.
Filming of White Jade, between 1879-1985
Ruth St. Denis during the filming process for ''White Jade.''
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- Archival Object 298
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- Modern dance 295
- Dancers 293
- Choreography 291
- California 5
- Asia 4
- Dance 4
- Winchester (Calif.) 3
- Choreographers 2
- Modern dance -- United States -- History 2
- New York (N.Y.) 2
- Research notes 2
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.) 2
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- Santa Barbara (Calif.) 1
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