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  1. Ruth St. Denis. 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 dancers as Martha Graham, Doris ...

  2. Denishawn school. Coordinates: 34.0533°N 118.2610°W. Ted Shawn and Ruth St. Denis in 1916. 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 ...

  3. 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 Graham, Doris Humphrey, and Charles Weidman.

  4. Denishawn, The Enduring Influence. Boston, Massachusetts, Twayne Publishers, 1983. DenishawnIn 1915, dancers Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn founded a pioneering company and training school in Los Angeles that became known as Denishawn. The training they provided for their students—who also served as company members—was highly disciplined and ...

  5. 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.

  6. Denis and shawn created Denishawn Dance together in 1915. The company toured the USA in 1915 to 1931 and had many of the most influential modern dancers in the world. Some of the companies most influential students were Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. Shawn founded Jacobs pillow- a dance venue held in North America.

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  8. In time, Denishawn teachings reached another school location as well - Studio 61 at the Carnegie Hall Studios. 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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