- The
Denishawn School of
Dancing and
Related Arts,
founded in 1915 by Ruth St.
Denis and Ted
Shawn in Los Angeles, California,
helped many
perfect their...
-
Genevieve Stebbins. St.
Denis was the co-founder in 1915 of the
American Denishawn School of
Dancing and
Related Arts. She
taught notable performers including...
- 9, 1972) was a male
pioneer of
American modern dance. He
created the
Denishawn School together with his wife Ruth St. Denis.
After their separation he...
- beautiful” in one of the
poems she
later wrote for her and
yearned to
dance at
Denishawn, the
school set up by St.
Denis and her
husband Ted
Shawn but St. Denis...
- In the mid-1910s,
Martha Graham began her
studies at the
newly created Denishawn School of
Dancing and
Related Arts,
founded by Ruth St.
Denis and Ted...
- left the
Denishawn School and
moved to New York City.
Along with
Humphrey and Weidman,
Martha Graham also
rebelled against the
Denishawn establishment...
-
properties of
physical space and movement. In 1915, Ruth St.
Denis founded the
Denishawn school and
dance company with her
husband Ted Shawn.
Martha Graham, Doris...
- and the
Braggiotti sisters at the Braggiotti-
Denishawn School of
Dance in Boston,
often performing Denishawn works in
their concerts. She
produced work...
-
lived with her half-sister, Weedie,
while she
studied dance at the
Boston Denishawn studio and (against her parents' wishes)
drama at the
Copley Theatre....
-
butterfly Ted
Shawn –
Adjunct faculty member (1932-1933);
founder of the
Denishawn Dance School and Jacob's
Pillow Dance Festival and a key
figure in establishing...
