Denishawn School of Dancing

Ruth St. Denis performs with Denishawn in "The Nautch."

Subject file relating either a dance topic, individual, or company. Folder contains articles, correspondence, documents, notes, and ephemera.

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

This collection contains 2 scrapbooks containing photographs, postcards, and notes from Denishawn's tour of Asia from 1925 to 1926.

Photograph of small, numbered photos of the Denishawn dancers with some crossed out.

Photograph of small, numbered photos of the Denishawn dancers with some crossed out.

Subject file relating either a dance topic, individual, or company. Folder contains articles, correspondence, documents, notes, and ephemera.

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

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.

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.