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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Ruth St. Denis Poses in Her Radha Costume, 1906
Ruth St. Denis poses in her ''Rahda'' costume, 1906.
Ruth St. Denis- Six Photographs
Paper with six photographs of Ruth St. Denis performing six different dances attached to it. Dances are 'Black and Gold Sari,' 'White Madonna,' 'Incense,' [no label], 'Cobras' and 'Burmese.'
Ruth St. Denis wears a simple long black dress, 1967
Ruth St. Denis in a simple black dress and shawl.
Ruth St. Denis with Cymbals, 1960
Ruth St. Denis poses for a photograph wearing a white gown and holding cymbals.
Ruth St. Denis with Sashes
Ruth St. Denis performs outdoors with twirling sashes.
Ruth St. Denis with Sashes
Ruth St. Denis performs outdoors with white ribbons.
Ruth St. Denis with Scarf, 1894
Ruth St. Denis dances in a white costume with a cloth shawl.
Sappho, 1921
Ruth St. Denis performs ''Sappho'' in the Ancient Greek Suite during the 1921 dance music and poetry season.
Sappho, 1921
Ruth St. Denis performs ''Sappho'' in the Ancient Greek Suite during the 1921 Dance music and poetry season.
Sappho, 1921
Ruth St. Denis performs in ''Ancient Greek Suite: Sappho'' in 1921.
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