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Modern dance

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1026 Collections and/or Records:

'Angels of the Liturgy' By Ruth St. Denis, 1960

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Identifier: D018.01.0003.0003
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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: 1960

Angkor Vat, 1930

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Identifier: D018.01.0019.00004
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Ruth St. Denis performs as a snake in "Angkor Vat" with tail unfurled.

Dates: 1930

Angkor Vat, 1930

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Identifier: D018.01.0019.00003
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Ruth St. Denis performs with Buddy Schaeffer in "Angkor Vat."

Dates: 1930

Angkor Vat, 1930

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Identifier: D018.01.0019.00005
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Ruth St. Denis poses in promotional portrait for "Angkor Vat" in 1930.

Dates: 1930

Ann Marie Blessin Oral History, 2006

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Identifier: D009.05.0005.00009
Abstract Ann Marie Blessin recounts her early years growing up in Scotland and Canada. By the age of 13, Blessin was teaching dance, and was certified to teach Highland dancing as well as tap dancing. Blessin's grandmother wanted her to pursue a career as a nurse so she enrolled in nursing school, but never finished the degree. She talks about teaching tap dancing for the Linkletter/Tauten Dance Studio in Arizona and then in Denver, Colorado. Blessin discusses her involvement in sacred dance that...
Dates: 2006

Antigone

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Identifier: D018.01.0007.00021

Arise

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Identifier: D002.01.0002.0095.00012
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Photo is black and white and is of Becky Sievers and Christine Walton performign "Arise". Photo by Fritz Penning.

Dates: 1998-2001

Around the Fire and On the Banks, 2000

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Identifier: D002.01.0002.0095.00007
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Polly Patton (front) and Rya Merschat (back), both of the hannah Kahn Dance Company, perform in Kahn's ''Around the Fire and On the Banks.''

Dates: 2000

Articles and Papers, 1971-1976

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Identifier: D018.01.0003.0001
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: 1971-1976

Artist Statement and Biography of Mary Wohl Hann, Artistic Director of 'Haan Dances' in Boulder, Colorado, 1998

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Identifier: D002.01.0002.0093.00005
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Artist Statement/Biography of dancer and choreographer Mary Wohl Haan, the Artistic Director of Haan Dances in Boulder, Colorado.

Dates: 1998