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 274 Collections and/or Records:
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 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.
Ruth St. Denis Hand Study, between 1879-1985
Ruth St. Denis' hands with exquisite jewelry.
Ruth St. Denis in Burmese Costume, between 1879-1968
Ruth St. Denis rehearses in a Burmese costume with two parisols. The show was never performed.
Ruth St. Denis in filmy drapes, between 1879-1968
Ruth St. Denis performs wearing filmy white drapes.
Ruth St. Denis in her First Lace Dancing Dress, 1896
Ruth St. Denis wears a dance costume in 1896.
Ruth St. Denis in Kitty, 1944
Ruth St. Denis as the Duchess of Marlborough in Paramount film "Kitty."
Ruth St. Denis in Meadow, 1952
Ruth St. Denis wears oriental dress in a meadow. Photos inscribed with "Baribault '52."
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