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St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968

 Person

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:

Denishawn Company, 1923

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Identifier: D018.01.0019.00060
Abstract

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

Dates: 1923

Denishawn House, 1932

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Identifier: D018.01.0005.00010

Denishawn on Train, 1925

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Identifier: D018.01.0005.00005
Abstract

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

Dates: 1925

Denishawn on Train (Duplicate), 1925

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Identifier: D018.01.0005.00009
Abstract

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

Dates: 1925

Dennis Family, 1890s

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Identifier: D018.01.0019.00053
Abstract

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

Dates: 1890s

Dissertation - Correspondence - Babylon, 1975-1980

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Identifier: D018.01.0001.0014
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1975-1980

Dissertation - Correspondence - Cronies' Addresses, 1975-1980

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Identifier: D018.01.0001.0005
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1975-1980

Dissertation - Correspondence - Dissertation: Drafts/Notes Chapter 3, 1980

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Identifier: D018.01.0001.0018
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1980

Dissertation - Correspondence - Dissertation: Drafts/Notes Chapter 4, 1980

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Identifier: D018.01.0001.0020
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1980

Dissertation - Correspondence - Dissertation: Drafts/Notes Chapter 5, 1980

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Identifier: D018.01.0001.0021
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1980

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