Denishawn School of Dancing

Dancers perform in ''Delsartean Scarf Tableaux'' from Werner's Magazine.

Ruth St. Denis and Bobey recline and watch as other dancers perform.

Members of the Denishawn Company poses for a picture before sailing to Japan in 1925.

Members of the Denishawn Company poses for a photograph on the 1923 tour.

Ruth St. Denis with dancers from the Denishawn House.

Ruth St. Denis and company at a train on their way to the boat that will take them to the Orient, 1925.

Ruth St. Denis and company at a train on their way to the boat that will take them to the Orient in 1925.

Portrait of Ruth Dennis with her family as a child. Pictured from left to right: Ruth, her father, her brother (Buzz), and mother.

Ruth St. Denis performs topless in ''Egypta.''

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.