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Modern dance

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1018 Collections and/or Records:

American Ballet Theatre, 1971-1973

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Identifier: D018.01.0003.0002
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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: 1971-1973

American Painting, 1998

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Identifier: D002.01.0003.0133.00003
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Left to right: William Starn, Deborah Reshotko, Meg Hill and Kelly Lehman perform together in ''American Painting.''

Dates: 1998

Ancient Airs

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Identifier: D002.01.0004.0005.00003
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Ronnie Whittaker performs with Kim Robards in her own dance ''Acnient Airs.''

Dates: 1991-1999

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

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Identifier: D018.01.0003.0003
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: 1960

Angkor Vat, between 1879-1985

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Identifier: D018.01.0019.00006
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Ruth St. Denis performs wearing an elaborate headpiece and shoulder spikes in ''Angkor Vat.''

Dates: between 1879-1985

Angkor Vat, 1930

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Identifier: D018.01.0019.00005

Angkor Vat, between 1879-1968

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Identifier: D018.01.0019.00003
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Ruth St. Denis performs with Buddy Schaeffer in East Indian costumes.

Dates: between 1879-1968

Angkor Vat, 1930

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Identifier: D018.01.0019.00004

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