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:
Liebestraum, 1922
Ruth St. Denis performs in ''Liebestraum'' in 1922.
Lift My Eyes
Ruth St. Denis sits atop a wall and looks to the sky.
Light of Asia, 1930
Ruth St. Denis poses in a flowing costume in an open walkway with trees behind her.
Maraiden Arts Colony, 1922
Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn and dancers at the Maraiden Arts Colony in 1922. (Martha Graham, center, with back to tree.)
Mariarden Arts Colony
Ted Shawn, Ruth St. Denis, lower far right, Martha Graham and Pearl Wheeler and others pose outside Mariarden Arts Colony.
Miriam, Sister of Moses, 1919
Ruth St. Denis performs in ''Miriam, Sister of Moses'' in 1919.
Mona Vana, 1932
Ruth St. Denis performs in the play ''Mona Vana'' in 1932.
Nautch
Ruth St. Denis gathers her skirts as she performs ''Nautch.''
Nautch Dance
Ruth St. Denis performs a solo in "The Nautch."
Nautch Painting, 1922
Print of a painting of Ruth St. Denis performing a Nautch Dance.
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