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Ruth St. Denis

October 21, 2023

Ruth St. Denis (born Ruth Dennis; January 20, 1879 – July 21, 1968) was an American pioneer of modern dance, introducing eastern ideas into the art and paving the way for other women in dance. She was inspired by the Delsarte advocate 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 Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey. In 1938, she founded the pioneering dance program at Adelphi University. She published several articles on spiritual dance and the mysticism of the body.

Ruth St. Denis
Born
Ruth Dennis

(1879-01-20)January 20, 1879
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedJuly 21, 1968(1968-07-21) (aged 89)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Known forModern dance
Spouse
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(m. 1914)​

Her signature solos continue to be performed. She was inducted into the National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame in 1987.

Biography Edit

Early life Edit

Ruth Dennis was born in Newark, New Jersey on January 20, 1879.[1][2] Her parents were Ruth Emma Hull (a physician by training), and Thomas Laban Dennis, a machinist and inventor; they were not married.[3] She was raised on the small Pin Oaks Farm in New Jersey, where she studied Christian Science.[4] She used to invent melodramas, specialising in fainting and collapsing to the floor in front of an audience of friends.[5] As a child, she learned exercises based on François Delsarte's Society Gymnastics and Voice Culture.[6] This was the beginning of St. Denis's dance training, and was instrumental in developing her technique later in life.[7] In 1891 she raised the money to travel briefly to New York, auditioning in the Marwig studio; she was pronounced to have talent, and her mother set about getting her into theatre.[8] In 1892, she witnessed the Delsarte advocate Genevieve Stebbins performing a matinee, The Dance of Day; she described the experience as "the real birth of my art life".[8]

Debut Edit

In 1894, after years of practicing Delsarte poses, she debuted as a skirt dancer for Worth's Family Theatre and Museum.[9] From this modest start, she progressed to touring with an acclaimed producer and director, David Belasco; this gave her the opportunity to observe Belasco's skill in creating a theatrical atmosphere with a "perfect combination of subliminal suggestion and concrete detail".[10] While touring in Belasco's production of Madame DuBarry in 1904 she had a career-changing moment. She was at a drugstore with another member of Belasco's company in Buffalo, New York, when she saw a poster advertising Egyptian Deities brand cigarettes. The poster portrayed the Egyptian goddess Isis enthroned in a temple; this image captivated her on the spot and inspired her to create dances that expressed the mysticism that the goddess's image conveyed. From then on, she was immersed in Oriental philosophies.[11]

In 1905, she began her career as a solo artist, soon making her first European tour using the stage name of St. Denis.[12][13] The first piece that resulted from her interest in the Orient was Radha performed in 1906.[14] Drawing from Hindu mythology, Radha is the story of Krishna and his love for a mortal milkmaid.[15] Radha was originally performed to music from Léo Delibes' opera Lakmé.[15] This piece was a celebration of the five senses and appealed to a contemporary fascination with the Orient.[16] Although her choreography was not culturally accurate or authentic,[17] it was expressive of the themes that St. Denis perceived in Oriental culture and highly entertaining to contemporary audiences. St. Denis believed dance to be a spiritual expression, and her choreography reflected this idea.[16]

Denishawn Edit

In 1911, a young dancer named Ted Shawn was impressed by seeing St. Denis perform in Denver.[18] In 1914, Shawn applied to be her student, and soon became her artistic partner and husband. Together they founded Denishawn, the "cradle of American modern dance."[19] One of her more famous pupils was Martha Graham. Together St. Denis and Shawn founded the Los Angeles Denishawn school in 1915. Students studied ballet movements without shoes, ethnic and folk dances, Dalcroze Eurhythmics, and Delsarte gymnastics. In 1916 they created a collection of dances inspired by Egypt, which included Tillers of the Soil, a duet between St. Denis and Shawn, as well as Pyrrhic Dance, an all-male dance piece.[6] Her exploration of the Orient continued into 1923 when she staged Ishtar of the Seven Gates in which she portrayed a Babylonian goddess. Together St. Denis and Shawn toured throughout the 1910s and 1920s, often performing their works on the vaudeville stage.[20]

Other notable dancers such as Doris Humphrey, Lillian Powell, Evan-Burrows Fontaine and Charles Weidman studied at Denishawn. Graham, Humphrey, Weidman and the future silent film star Louise Brooks all performed as dancers with the Denishawn company. At Denishawn, St. Denis served as inspiration to her young students, while Shawn taught the technique classes.[20] St. Denis and Shawn were instrumental in creating the legendary dance festival Jacob's Pillow.[21]

Later career Edit

Although Denishawn had crumbled by 1930, St. Denis continued to dance, teach and choreograph independently as well as in collaboration with other artists. St. Denis redirected her works from Orient-inspired to combining religion and dance through her Rhythmic Choir of Dancers.[22] Kelly Mayo comments that through these works, St. Denis sought to embody the Virgin Mary in the same manner in which she once sought to embody goddesses.[22] In 1938 St. Denis founded Adelphi University's dance program, one of the first dance departments in an American university. It has since become a cornerstone of Adelphi's Department of Performing Arts.[23] She cofounded a second school in 1940, the School of Nataya, which focused on teaching Oriental dance.[24] For many years, St. Denis taught dance at her studio, at 3433 Cahuenga Boulevard West, near Universal City, California.[1]

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    Photographed by Otto Sarony, c. 1900. St. Denis began to investigate Oriental dance after seeing an image of the Egyptian goddess Isis in a cigarette advertisement.[11]

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    St Denis and Company in Ishtar of the Seven Gates. Photo by White Studio, 1920s. The dancers are Doris Humphrey, Louise Brooks, Jeordie Graham, Pauline Lawrence, Anne Douglas, Lenore Scheffer, Lenore Hardy, and Lenore Sadowska.

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    Ted Shawn and St. Denis in Egyptian Ballet. They married, created and performed many productions together, and co-founded the Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts.

Death and legacy Edit

Further information: Modern dance § Teachers and their students

St. Denis died suddenly in Los Angeles on July 21, 1968, aged 89.[1][25] Her signature solos continue to be performed, as in "The Art of the Solo" at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 2006, which began with St. Denis's "The Incense". George Jackson described this as "waft[ing] into space as the image of a woman in motion amidst ascending spirals of smoke", conveying "serenity, 'spirituality' if you will, ... [not] at odds with sensuality."[26]

St. Denis was inducted into the National Museum of Dance's Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame in its first year, 1987.[27][28]

The global organization Dances of Universal Peace were started by a student of St. Denis, Samuel L. Lewis.[29] The Dances of Universal Peace organization subsequently published many of St. Denis's writings on spiritual dance and the mysticism of the body.[30]

Works Edit

Books Edit

  • Lotus Light. Poems. Boston/New York, 1932.
  • An Unfinished Life: an Autobiography. Dance Horizons Republication, Brooklyn, New York, 1969.

Articles Edit

  • "Ballet of the States". Dance Chronicle. Studies in Dance and the Related Arts. Volume 20, Issue 1/1997, pp. 52–60.
  • "Dance as spiritual expression". Rogers, Frederick Rand (ed.): Dance: A Basic Educational Technique. A Functional Approach to the Use of Rhythmics and Dance as Prime Methods of Body Development and Control, and Transformation of Moral and Social Behaviour. Dance Horizons, New York 1980, pp. 100–111, ISBN 978-0-8712-7108-2.
  • "The Dance as Life Experience". Brown, Jean Morrison (ed.): The Vision of Modern Dance. Princeton Book Company, Princeton/New Jersey 1979, pp. 21–25, ISBN 978-0-9166-2213-8.
  • "Religious Manifestations in the Dance". Sorell, Walter (ed.): The Dance has many Faces. Columbia University Press, New York/London 1968, pp. 12–18, ISBN 978-0-2310-2968-1.
  • "Freedom. A Rhythmic Interpretation". Dance Observer. Volume 23, Issue 1/1956, pp. 6–7.
  • "What is Religious Dance?" Dance Observer. Volume 17, Issue 5/1950, pp. 68–69.
  • "Seeds of a New Order". Division of Higher Education of the Board of Education of the United Methodist Church (ed.): Motive. Volume 8, Issue 7/1948, pp. 28–29.
  • "My Vision". Dance Observer. Volume 7, Issue 3/1940, pp. 33, 42.
  • "The Dance of the East". Theatre Arts Monthly. The International Magazine of Theatre and Screen. August 1927, pp. 605–612.

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ a b c "Ruth St. Denis papers ca. 1915-1958". The New York Public Library Archives & Manuscripts _ About E Contact D Digitized. Call number: (S) *MGZMD 6
  2. ^ Olsen, Kirstin (1994). Chronology of Women's History. Westport: Greenwood Press. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-31328-803-6.
  3. ^ Shelton 1981, pp. 1–8.
  4. ^ Shelton 1981, pp. 8–10.
  5. ^ Shelton 1981, p. 9.
  6. ^ a b Au, Susan (2009). Ballet and Modern Dance. London: Thames & Hudson. pp. 92–94.
  7. ^ Shelton 1981, pp. 13–19.
  8. ^ a b Shelton 1981, p. 13.
  9. ^ Shelton 1981, pp. 21–23.
  10. ^ Shelton 1981, pp. 43–48.
  11. ^ a b Bernstein, Matthew; Studlar, Gaylyn (1997). Visions of the East: Orientalism in Film. I.B.Tauris. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-86064-305-7.
  12. ^ "St. Denis (Ruth) papers". Online Archive of California. Retrieved June 6, 2023. Collection Number: LSC.1031
  13. ^ "St.Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968". Social Networks and Archival Context. Retrieved June 6, 2023. SNAC ID: 3800891
  14. ^ Shelton 1981, pp. 48–54.
  15. ^ a b Shelton 1981, p. 51.
  16. ^ a b Shelton 1981, pp. 48–54, 58–65.
  17. ^ Coorlawala, Uttara Asha (1992). "Ruth St. Denis and India's Dance Renaissance". Dance Chronicle. 15 (2): 123–152. doi:10.1080/01472529208569091. JSTOR 1567671.
  18. ^ Anderson, Jack (1997). Art without Boundaries. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press. p. 44.
  19. ^ Sherman, Jane (1983). Denishawn: The Enduring Influence. Boston: Twayne Publishers. Editor's Foreword.
  20. ^ a b Shelton 1981, pp. 165–186.
  21. ^ Shelton 1981, pp. 264–265.
  22. ^ a b Mayo, Kelley Raab (2009). Creativity, Spirituality, and Mental Health: Exploring Connections. London: Ashgate Publishing. pp. 51–52.
  23. ^ Shelton 1981, pp. 248–249.
  24. ^ Shelton 1981, pp. 251–252.
  25. ^ "Ruth St. Denis, Pioneer of Modern Dance, Is Dead; Paved Way for a Free New Art in 7-Decade Career Performed and Taught With Her Husband, Ted Shawn Ruth St. Denis, Pioneer of Modern Dance, Is Dead". The New York Times. July 22, 1968.
  26. ^ Jackson, George (2006). "Individuality on Jeanne Bresciani and Artists of the Solo". Isadora Duncan International Institute. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  27. ^ "Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame". National Museum of Dance. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  28. ^ . Hudson River Valley Institute. Archived from the original on October 22, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  29. ^ Douglas-Klotz, Neil. (1990). "Ruth St. Denis: Sacred Dance Explorations in America" in Cappadona, Diane and Doug Adams: Dance as Religious Studies. New York: Crossroad, p. 117, note 15.
  30. ^ Miller. Kamae A., ed. (1997). Wisdom Comes Dancing: Selected Writings of Ruth St. Denis on Dance, Spirituality and the Body. Seattle: PeaceWorks.

Sources Edit

  • Shelton, Suzanne (1981). Divine Dancer: A Biography of Ruth St. Denis. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 9780292770461.

Further reading Edit

  • Bernardi, Vito di: Ruth St. Denis. Palermo, L'Epos, 2006. ISBN 88-8302-314-5.
  • Desmond, Jane: Dancing Out the Difference: Cultural Imperialism and Ruth St. Denis’s Radha of 1906. Dils, Ann/Cooper Albright, Ann (eds.): Moving History, Dancing Cultures. A Dance History Reader. Wesleyan University Press, 2001, pp. 256–270, ISBN 978-0-8195-6413-9.
  • LaMothe, Kimerer L.: Passionate Madonna: The Christian Turn of American Dancer Ruth St. Denis. Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Volume 66, Issue 4/1998, pp. 747–769.
  • Miller, Kamae A.: Wisdom Comes Dancing: Selected Writings of Ruth St. Denis on Dance, Spirituality and the Body. Seattle: PeaceWorks. 1997. ISBN 0-915424-14-2.
  • Schlundt, Christena L: Into the mystic with Miss Ruth. Dance Perspectives Foundation, 1971.
  • Schlundt, Christena L.: The Professional Appearances of Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn. A Chronology and an Index of Dances 1906–1932. Literary Licensing, New York 1962, ISBN 978-1-2586-3519-0.
  • Shawn, Ted: Ruth St. Denis: pioneer & prophet; being a history of her cycle of oriental dances. Printed for J. Howell by J. H. Nash, 1920.
  • Sherman, Jane/Schlundt, Christena L.: Who’s St. Denis? What Is She? Dance Chronicle. Studies in Dance and the Related Arts. Volume 10, Issue 3/1987, pp. 305–329.
  • Terry, Walter: Miss Ruth: the "more living life" of Ruth St. Denis. Dodd, Mead, New York, 1969.

External links Edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ruth St. Denis.
  • Society Gymnastics and Voice Culture.
  • Guide to the Clarence McGehee Collection on Ruth St. Denis. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
  • Guide to the Photograph Collection on Ruth St. Denis. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
  • Guide to the Ruth St. Denis Collection. University Archives and Special Collections, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York.
  • Guide to the Barbara Andres Collection on Ruth St. Denis. University Archives and Special Collections, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York.
  • Archive footage of Ruth St. Denis performing in Liebestraum in 1949 at Jacob's Pillow.
  • Chapter 2: The Solo Dancers: Ruth St. Denis (1879–1968) from "The Early Moderns Web Tutorial" at the University of Pittsburgh
  • Archive footage of Ruth St. Denis performing "The Delirium of the Senses" from Radha in 1941 at Jacob's Pillow
  • Europa (Ruth St. Denis in Europe: by Sandra Meinzenbach; German language)
  • Ruth St. Denis (1879–1968). America’s Divine Dancer (by Thom Hecht)
  • Ruth St. Denis: In Search of a Goddess (by Mary Manning/Adelphi University)
  • Images from the St. Denis (Ruth) Papers. Library Special Collections, UCLA Library
  • Ruth St. Denis – Broadway Photographs
  • Radio interview with Ruth St. Denis at The WNYC Archives

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ruth, denis, born, ruth, dennis, january, 1879, july, 1968, american, pioneer, modern, dance, introducing, eastern, ideas, into, paving, other, women, dance, inspired, delsarte, advocate, genevieve, stebbins, denis, founder, 1915, american, denishawn, school, . Ruth St Denis born Ruth Dennis January 20 1879 July 21 1968 was an American pioneer of modern dance introducing eastern ideas into the art and paving the way for other women in dance She was inspired by the Delsarte advocate 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 Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey In 1938 she founded the pioneering dance program at Adelphi University She published several articles on spiritual dance and the mysticism of the body Ruth St DenisBornRuth Dennis 1879 01 20 January 20 1879Newark New Jersey U S DiedJuly 21 1968 1968 07 21 aged 89 Los Angeles California U S Known forModern danceSpouseTed Shawn m 1914 wbr Her signature solos continue to be performed She was inducted into the National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame in 1987 Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early life 1 2 Debut 1 3 Denishawn 1 4 Later career 2 Death and legacy 3 Works 3 1 Books 3 2 Articles 4 See also 5 References 6 Sources 7 Further reading 8 External linksBiography EditEarly life Edit Ruth Dennis was born in Newark New Jersey on January 20 1879 1 2 Her parents were Ruth Emma Hull a physician by training and Thomas Laban Dennis a machinist and inventor they were not married 3 She was raised on the small Pin Oaks Farm in New Jersey where she studied Christian Science 4 She used to invent melodramas specialising in fainting and collapsing to the floor in front of an audience of friends 5 As a child she learned exercises based on Francois Delsarte s Society Gymnastics and Voice Culture 6 This was the beginning of St Denis s dance training and was instrumental in developing her technique later in life 7 In 1891 she raised the money to travel briefly to New York auditioning in the Marwig studio she was pronounced to have talent and her mother set about getting her into theatre 8 In 1892 she witnessed the Delsarte advocate Genevieve Stebbins performing a matinee The Dance of Day she described the experience as the real birth of my art life 8 Debut Edit In 1894 after years of practicing Delsarte poses she debuted as a skirt dancer for Worth s Family Theatre and Museum 9 From this modest start she progressed to touring with an acclaimed producer and director David Belasco this gave her the opportunity to observe Belasco s skill in creating a theatrical atmosphere with a perfect combination of subliminal suggestion and concrete detail 10 While touring in Belasco s production of Madame DuBarry in 1904 she had a career changing moment She was at a drugstore with another member of Belasco s company in Buffalo New York when she saw a poster advertising Egyptian Deities brand cigarettes The poster portrayed the Egyptian goddess Isis enthroned in a temple this image captivated her on the spot and inspired her to create dances that expressed the mysticism that the goddess s image conveyed From then on she was immersed in Oriental philosophies 11 In 1905 she began her career as a solo artist soon making her first European tour using the stage name of St Denis 12 13 The first piece that resulted from her interest in the Orient was Radha performed in 1906 14 Drawing from Hindu mythology Radha is the story of Krishna and his love for a mortal milkmaid 15 Radha was originally performed to music from Leo Delibes opera Lakme 15 This piece was a celebration of the five senses and appealed to a contemporary fascination with the Orient 16 Although her choreography was not culturally accurate or authentic 17 it was expressive of the themes that St Denis perceived in Oriental culture and highly entertaining to contemporary audiences St Denis believed dance to be a spiritual expression and her choreography reflected this idea 16 Denishawn Edit In 1911 a young dancer named Ted Shawn was impressed by seeing St Denis perform in Denver 18 In 1914 Shawn applied to be her student and soon became her artistic partner and husband Together they founded Denishawn the cradle of American modern dance 19 One of her more famous pupils was Martha Graham Together St Denis and Shawn founded the Los Angeles Denishawn school in 1915 Students studied ballet movements without shoes ethnic and folk dances Dalcroze Eurhythmics and Delsarte gymnastics In 1916 they created a collection of dances inspired by Egypt which included Tillers of the Soil a duet between St Denis and Shawn as well as Pyrrhic Dance an all male dance piece 6 Her exploration of the Orient continued into 1923 when she staged Ishtar of the Seven Gates in which she portrayed a Babylonian goddess Together St Denis and Shawn toured throughout the 1910s and 1920s often performing their works on the vaudeville stage 20 Other notable dancers such as Doris Humphrey Lillian Powell Evan Burrows Fontaine and Charles Weidman studied at Denishawn Graham Humphrey Weidman and the future silent film star Louise Brooks all performed as dancers with the Denishawn company At Denishawn St Denis served as inspiration to her young students while Shawn taught the technique classes 20 St Denis and Shawn were instrumental in creating the legendary dance festival Jacob s Pillow 21 Later career Edit Although Denishawn had crumbled by 1930 St Denis continued to dance teach and choreograph independently as well as in collaboration with other artists St Denis redirected her works from Orient inspired to combining religion and dance through her Rhythmic Choir of Dancers 22 Kelly Mayo comments that through these works St Denis sought to embody the Virgin Mary in the same manner in which she once sought to embody goddesses 22 In 1938 St Denis founded Adelphi University s dance program one of the first dance departments in an American university It has since become a cornerstone of Adelphi s Department of Performing Arts 23 She cofounded a second school in 1940 the School of Nataya which focused on teaching Oriental dance 24 For many years St Denis taught dance at her studio at 3433 Cahuenga Boulevard West near Universal City California 1 nbsp Photographed by Otto Sarony c 1900 St Denis began to investigate Oriental dance after seeing an image of the Egyptian goddess Isis in a cigarette advertisement 11 nbsp St Denis and Company in Ishtar of the Seven Gates Photo by White Studio 1920s The dancers are Doris Humphrey Louise Brooks Jeordie Graham Pauline Lawrence Anne Douglas Lenore Scheffer Lenore Hardy and Lenore Sadowska nbsp Ted Shawn and St Denis in Egyptian Ballet They married created and performed many productions together and co founded the Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts Death and legacy EditFurther information Modern dance Teachers and their students St Denis died suddenly in Los Angeles on July 21 1968 aged 89 1 25 Her signature solos continue to be performed as in The Art of the Solo at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 2006 which began with St Denis s The Incense George Jackson described this as waft ing into space as the image of a woman in motion amidst ascending spirals of smoke conveying serenity spirituality if you will not at odds with sensuality 26 St Denis was inducted into the National Museum of Dance s Mr amp Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame in its first year 1987 27 28 The global organization Dances of Universal Peace were started by a student of St Denis Samuel L Lewis 29 The Dances of Universal Peace organization subsequently published many of St Denis s writings on spiritual dance and the mysticism of the body 30 Works EditBooks Edit Lotus Light Poems Boston New York 1932 An Unfinished Life an Autobiography Dance Horizons Republication Brooklyn New York 1969 Articles Edit Ballet of the States Dance Chronicle Studies in Dance and the Related Arts Volume 20 Issue 1 1997 pp 52 60 Dance as spiritual expression Rogers Frederick Rand ed Dance A Basic Educational Technique A Functional Approach to the Use of Rhythmics and Dance as Prime Methods of Body Development and Control and Transformation of Moral and Social Behaviour Dance Horizons New York 1980 pp 100 111 ISBN 978 0 8712 7108 2 The Dance as Life Experience Brown Jean Morrison ed The Vision of Modern Dance Princeton Book Company Princeton New Jersey 1979 pp 21 25 ISBN 978 0 9166 2213 8 Religious Manifestations in the Dance Sorell Walter ed The Dance has many Faces Columbia University Press New York London 1968 pp 12 18 ISBN 978 0 2310 2968 1 Freedom A Rhythmic Interpretation Dance Observer Volume 23 Issue 1 1956 pp 6 7 What is Religious Dance Dance Observer Volume 17 Issue 5 1950 pp 68 69 Seeds of a New Order Division of Higher Education of the Board of Education of the United Methodist Church ed Motive Volume 8 Issue 7 1948 pp 28 29 My Vision Dance Observer Volume 7 Issue 3 1940 pp 33 42 The Dance of the East Theatre Arts Monthly The International Magazine of Theatre and Screen August 1927 pp 605 612 See also EditList of dancers Sada Yacco Isadora Duncan Edna GuyReferences Edit a b c Ruth St Denis papers ca 1915 1958 The New York Public Library Archives amp Manuscripts About E Contact D Digitized Call number S MGZMD 6 Olsen Kirstin 1994 Chronology of Women s History Westport Greenwood Press p 179 ISBN 978 0 31328 803 6 Shelton 1981 pp 1 8 Shelton 1981 pp 8 10 Shelton 1981 p 9 a b Au Susan 2009 Ballet and Modern Dance London Thames amp Hudson pp 92 94 Shelton 1981 pp 13 19 a b Shelton 1981 p 13 Shelton 1981 pp 21 23 Shelton 1981 pp 43 48 a b Bernstein Matthew Studlar Gaylyn 1997 Visions of the East Orientalism in Film I B Tauris p 134 ISBN 978 1 86064 305 7 St Denis Ruth papers Online Archive of California Retrieved June 6 2023 Collection Number LSC 1031 St Denis Ruth 1880 1968 Social Networks and Archival Context Retrieved June 6 2023 SNAC ID 3800891 Shelton 1981 pp 48 54 a b Shelton 1981 p 51 a b Shelton 1981 pp 48 54 58 65 Coorlawala Uttara Asha 1992 Ruth St Denis and India s Dance Renaissance Dance Chronicle 15 2 123 152 doi 10 1080 01472529208569091 JSTOR 1567671 Anderson Jack 1997 Art without Boundaries Iowa City University of Iowa Press p 44 Sherman Jane 1983 Denishawn The Enduring Influence Boston Twayne Publishers Editor s Foreword a b Shelton 1981 pp 165 186 Shelton 1981 pp 264 265 a b Mayo Kelley Raab 2009 Creativity Spirituality and Mental Health Exploring Connections London Ashgate Publishing pp 51 52 Shelton 1981 pp 248 249 Shelton 1981 pp 251 252 Ruth St Denis Pioneer of Modern Dance Is Dead Paved Way for a Free New Art in 7 Decade Career Performed and Taught With Her Husband Ted Shawn Ruth St Denis Pioneer of Modern Dance Is Dead The New York Times July 22 1968 Jackson George 2006 Individuality on Jeanne Bresciani and Artists of the Solo Isadora Duncan International Institute Retrieved June 6 2023 Mr and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame National Museum of Dance Retrieved February 17 2022 The National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame Hudson River Valley Institute Archived from the original on October 22 2018 Retrieved July 4 2023 Douglas Klotz Neil 1990 Ruth St Denis Sacred Dance Explorations in America in Cappadona Diane and Doug Adams Dance as Religious Studies New York Crossroad p 117 note 15 Miller Kamae A ed 1997 Wisdom Comes Dancing Selected Writings of Ruth St Denis on Dance Spirituality and the Body Seattle PeaceWorks Sources EditShelton Suzanne 1981 Divine Dancer A Biography of Ruth St Denis New York Doubleday ISBN 9780292770461 Further reading EditBernardi Vito di Ruth St Denis Palermo L Epos 2006 ISBN 88 8302 314 5 Desmond Jane Dancing Out the Difference Cultural Imperialism and Ruth St Denis s Radha of 1906 Dils Ann Cooper Albright Ann eds Moving History Dancing Cultures A Dance History Reader Wesleyan University Press 2001 pp 256 270 ISBN 978 0 8195 6413 9 LaMothe Kimerer L Passionate Madonna The Christian Turn of American Dancer Ruth St Denis Journal of the American Academy of Religion Volume 66 Issue 4 1998 pp 747 769 Miller Kamae A Wisdom Comes Dancing Selected Writings of Ruth St Denis on Dance Spirituality and the Body Seattle PeaceWorks 1997 ISBN 0 915424 14 2 Schlundt Christena L Into the mystic with Miss Ruth Dance Perspectives Foundation 1971 Schlundt Christena L The Professional Appearances of Ruth St Denis and Ted Shawn A Chronology and an Index of Dances 1906 1932 Literary Licensing New York 1962 ISBN 978 1 2586 3519 0 Shawn Ted Ruth St Denis pioneer amp prophet being a history of her cycle of oriental dances Printed for J Howell by J H Nash 1920 Sherman Jane Schlundt Christena L Who s St Denis What Is She Dance Chronicle Studies in Dance and the Related Arts Volume 10 Issue 3 1987 pp 305 329 Terry Walter Miss Ruth the more living life of Ruth St Denis Dodd Mead New York 1969 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ruth St Denis Society Gymnastics and Voice Culture Guide to the Clarence McGehee Collection on Ruth St Denis Special Collections and Archives The UC Irvine Libraries Irvine California Guide to the Photograph Collection on Ruth St Denis Special Collections and Archives The UC Irvine Libraries Irvine California Guide to the Ruth St Denis Collection University Archives and Special Collections Adelphi University Garden City New York Guide to the Barbara Andres Collection on Ruth St Denis University Archives and Special Collections Adelphi University Garden City New York Archive footage of Ruth St Denis performing in Liebestraum in 1949 at Jacob s Pillow Chapter 2 The Solo Dancers Ruth St Denis 1879 1968 from The Early Moderns Web Tutorial at the University of Pittsburgh Archive footage of Ruth St Denis performing The Delirium of the Senses from Radha in 1941 at Jacob s Pillow Europa Ruth St Denis in Europe by Sandra Meinzenbach German language Ruth St Denis 1879 1968 America s Divine Dancer by Thom Hecht Ruth St Denis In Search of a Goddess by Mary Manning Adelphi University Images from the St Denis Ruth Papers Library Special Collections UCLA Library Ruth St Denis Broadway Photographs Radio interview with Ruth St Denis at The WNYC Archives 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