Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival : ephemera, 1948-1967.

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Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival : ephemera, 1948-1967.

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Includes program brochure for gala benefit performance held at Hunter College on December 29, 1948; 9 souvenir program brochures which contain histories of Jacob's Pillow for the years 1954-1959, 1961, 1964 and 1967; pamphlet titled THE STORY OF JACOB'S PILLOW in duplicate; and an essay, CREDO, by Ted Shawn, the founder-director of Jacob's Pillow.

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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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...

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