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 377 Collections and/or Records:
Ruth St. Denis wears a simple long black dress, 1967
Ruth St. Denis in a simple black dress and shawl.
Ruth St. Denis with Sitar, between 1879-1968
Ruth St. Denis poses with a musical instrument wearing a headscarf and a flowing gown.
Ruth St. Dennis at Yosemite Natl Park, 1921
Ruth St. Denis visits Yosemite National Park in 1921.
Ruthie Dennis c.1882, 1882
Portrait of Ruth St. Denis at age 3 in 1882.
Salome and Japanese Story Teller Contact Prints, 1950
Photograph of negatives of Ruth St. Denis posing on an outdoor wall.
Sappho, 1921
Ruth St. Denis performs ''Sappho'' in the Ancient Greek Suite during the 1921 dance music and poetry season.
Sappho, 1921
Ruth St. Denis performs ''Sappho'' in the Ancient Greek Suite during the 1921 Dance music and poetry season.
Sappho, 1921
Ruth St. Denis performs in ''Ancient Greek Suite: Sappho'' in 1921.
Shelton Lecture/Article: 'Ruth St. Denis: Popular Artist with High Art Pretensions', 1978
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.
Siddhas of the Upper Air, 1964
Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn perform together in ''Siddhas of the Upper Air'' in 1964. This dance was created for the couple's golden wedding anniversary.
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