Ted Shawn papers 1913-1982 1940-1972

Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972

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In 1915 they founded the first Denishawn school in Los Angeles with the intent of providing students with a diversified dance education. They believed that a dancer should learn all styles of dance rather than concentrating on one form; therefore, they offered classes in ballet, modern, ethnic, and creative dance. Within a few years Shawn and Miss St. Denis had established Denishawn schools throughout the United States. They built up an extensive repertory of spiritual, ethnic, character, and “m...

Joel, Lydia

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Lydia Joel was born Lydia Tarnower on July 27, 1914 in New York City. Her father Abraham Tarnower, a Russian Jew, immigrated to New York in 1906 from Warsaw, Poland. Her mother was the former Helen Mandel. Joel graduated from New York University with a bachelor's degree in English. She also attended summer sessions at Cornell University. Lydia Joel studied ballet at the School of American Ballet, as well as studying modern dance with Harald Kreutzberg and Hanya Holm. At ...

Poole, Lynn

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Stuart, Richard

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Richard Stuart was born Richard Stuart Mackall in Fairmont, West Virginia in 1901. Stuart, an adagio dancer, danced professionally from the 1920s to the late 1950s. A couple's dancer, he first partnered with Claire Lea, his first wife, from 1927 to the mid 1930s. They were professionally know as "Stuart and Lea." His second partner, Flora Ossana, also worked professionally under the name "Stuart and Lea" because of the public name recognition. After their marriage in 1944, the coupl...

St.Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968

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Ruth St. Denis was an American dancer and dance teacher. From the description of Postcard, 1945. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007242 Dancer and faculty member. From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1926-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155538190 Ruth St. Denis was one of the pioneers of modern dance. She first gained attention dancing with David Belasco's company, an experience which exposed her to European and Asian tradition...

Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958

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Ann Hutchinson Guest, born November 3, 1918 in New York, is an American dancer and dance notator. Her initial dance training began in the mid 1930's at the Jooss-Leeder School at Dartington Hall, England. When World War II broke out in Europe, she returned to New York where her continued training included ballet, modern, tap, and ethnic dance. In the 1940's she danced with the Welland Lathrop Company and in Broadway musicals, including One Touch of Venus, Billion Dollar Baby, and Kiss Me, Kate. ...

Limón, José

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Sedgwick, Gabriella

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Lyon, Margerie

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Poole, Gray Johnson.

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Hadassah, 1909?-1992

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Hadassah, American dancer specializing in Indian dance, choreographer and teacher, was born in Jerusalem in 1909. She made her professional debut in 1938, with Japanese dancer Kenji Hinoke. She made her solo debut on January 11, 1945 in a program shared with Josephine Premice, and Pearl Primus. Hadassah and Company debuted at the YM/YWHA on June 4, 1950. During the 1950s and 60s she performed many times at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, Massachusetts. She toure...

Kinsey, Alfred C. (Alfred Charles), 1894-1956

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George Washington Corner worked as an anatomist, endocrinologist, and medical historian. From the guide to the George Washington Corner papers, 1889-1981, 1903-1982, (American Philosophical Society) Alfred C. Kinsey, most famous for his work on human sexual behavior, was a world authority on gallflies, also known as Cynipidae or gall wasps. Kinsey began his entomological studies in 1917, eventually traveling to 54 locations in 36 states, and accumula...

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival

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Pilates, Joseph H. (Joseph Hubertus)

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