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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 dancing talents and became the first dance academy in the United States to produce a professional dance company.
Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts, dance school and company founded in 1915 by Ruth St. Denis and her husband, Ted Shawn. Considered a fountainhead of American modern dance, the Denishawn organization systematically promoted nonballetic dance movement and fostered such leading modern.
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The Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts was a dance school and company founded in the United States in 1915 by Ruth St. Denis and her husband, Ted Shawn. Considered a wellspring of American modern dance, the Denishawn organization systematically promoted nonballetic dance movement, and fostered such leading modern dancers as Martha ...
The Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts, was founded in 1915 by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn in Los Angeles, California. It taught a range of dance styles, influenced by ballroom dancing, ballet and various types of American and Indian dances.
Denishawn was founded in 1915 by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, who challenged the moral stigma of dancing in America. It trained many influential modern dancers and choreographers, and toured Asia in 1925–27.
In 1912 Shawn moved to LA and formed a dance school. Denis’s was Inspiration to choreograph dances was by contradicting elements. Shawn was inspired by american culture, aboriginal, folk and pop culture.
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 dancing talents and became the first dance academy in the United States to produce a professional dance company.
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