Denishawn School of Dancing
Biography
School of modern dance est. in New York by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn.
Found in 306 Collections and/or Records:
East Indian Study, 1924
Ruth St. Denis performs an East Indian dance in 1924.
Egypta
Ruth St. Denis, topless poses in an Egyptian-inspired outfit, promoting "Egypta."
Egyptian Ballet, 1915
Ruth St. Denis performs with other dancers in 'Egyptian Ballet' in 1915. Left to right: Vanda Haff, Florence Andreus, Margaret Loomis, Carol Dempster, Ted Shawn, Ruth St. Denis, Chaula Monzon, Clair Niles, Yvonne Sinnaid, and Ada Foreman.
Egyptian Deities Poster, 1904
Poster that inspired both the ''Egypta'' and ''Radha'' dances.
Filming of White Jade, 1940
Ruth St. Denis during the filming process for ''White Jade.''
Genevieve Stebbins in the Grecian Garb Worn in Her Statue-Posing Concerts, 1893
Genevieve Stebbins in the Grecian garb she wore in her statue-posing concerts, 1893 as she appeared in Werner's magazine.
Gift of Eternal Life, 1920
Ruth St. Denis performs ''Freedom'' as part of the play ''Gifts of Eternal Life.''
Gift of Eternal Life, 1920
Ruth St. Denis performs in the play ''The Gift of Eternal Life.''
Gift of Eternal Life, 1920
Albert Herter and Ruth St. Denis perform together in ''The Gift of Eternal Life.''
Giggling Girls- The Auctioneer, 1901
Ruth St. Denis and two other women smile for a picture from The Auctioneer
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 305
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Modern dance 302
- Choreography 297
- Dancers 297
- Asia 4
- Dance 4
- California 3
- Choreographers 2
- Modern dance -- United States -- History 2
- New York (N.Y.) 2
- Research notes 2
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.) 2
- Advertisements 1
- Babies 1
- Ballet 1
- Families 1
- Los Angeles (Calif.) 1
- Postcards 1
- Santa Barbara (Calif.) 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Taj Mahal (Agra, India) 1
- Winchester (Calif.) 1 + ∧ less