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Modern dance

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1014 Collections and/or Records:

Ruth St. Denis - 'Current Biography', 1959

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Identifier: D018.01.0003.0006
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: 1959

Ruth St. Denis dancers in Soaring, between 1879-1985

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Identifier: D018.01.0006.00012

'Ruth St. Denis Day,' Somerville, 1981

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Identifier: D018.01.0002.0049
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: 1981

Ruth St. Denis Hand Study, between 1879-1985

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Identifier: D018.01.0005.00044

Ruth St. Denis in filmy drapes, between 1879-1968

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Identifier: D018.01.0007.00023
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Ruth St. Denis performs wearing filmy white drapes.

Dates: between 1879-1968

Ruth St. Denis in Kitty, 1944

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Identifier: D018.01.0019.00001
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Ruth St. Denis as the Duchess of Marlborough in Paramount film "Kitty."

Dates: 1944

Ruth St. Denis in Meadow, 1952

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Identifier: D018.01.0005.00003
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Ruth St. Denis wears oriental dress in a meadow. Photos inscribed with "Baribault '52."

Dates: 1952

Ruth St. Denis in Nautch Dance, 1918

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Identifier: D018.01.0019.00021
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Ruth St. Denis performs (center) with other dancers at Denishawn Theatre in Westlake Park.

Dates: 1918

Ruth St. Denis in Zaza

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Identifier: D018.01.0019.00049
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Ruth St. Denis in a ballet costume preparing to perform in ''Zaza.''

Dates: 1898-1981