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.
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Dissertation - Research - Secondary Sources, 1879-1985
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 - Sexuality, 1901
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 - Somerville, NJ, 1879-1985
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 - Sum Nung Au-Young (SNAY), 1923-1980
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.
Dissertation - Research - Ted Shawn (Marriage), 1927-1976
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.
Manuscript - Book Jackets, 1981
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.
Manuscript - Chapter Notes, 1879-1985
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.
Manuscript - Photographs - Lists and Layouts, 1879-1980
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.
Manuscript - Photographs -Permissions, 1980-1981
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.
Manuscript - Publicity, 1981
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.
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