#ruth st denis

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Ruth St Denia at Santa Monica, California, by and anonymous photographer, 1915-16.

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A quote from Ruth St. Denis, quoted in Salmon Courage by M. NourbeSe Philip

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Ruth St. Denis in The Incense, 1916

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Six images of Ruth St. Denis's jewelled hands and feet

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Dancers taught by the Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts, 1919.

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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. Her signature solos continue to be performed.

She was inducted into the National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame in 1987. via Wikipedia

Left: Ruth St. Denis, 20 Jan 1879 - 21 Jul 1968

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; bequest of Phyllis Fenner | 1942

right: Ruth St. Denis, c. 1960.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Ted Shawn, American dancer and choreographer, and husband to Ruth St. Denis in circa 1918

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Our bodies are at once the receiving and transmitting stations for life itself. It is the highest wisdom to recognize this fact and train our bodies to render them sensitive and responsive to nature, art, and religion.

— Ruth St. Denis, from "The Dance of L ife" (Harper & Brothers, 1930) (via Alive on All Channels)

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Ruth St. Denis (1923)

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Ruth St. Denis (born Ruth Denis; January 20, 1879 – July 21, 1968) was an American pioneer of modern dance, introducing eastern ideas into the art. She was the co-founder of the American Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts and the teacher of several notable performers.

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Ruth St. Denis, ca. 1912 :: Ruth St. Denis in costume for dance created and performed at one performance only in honor of Dr. Anna Shaw at the McAlpin Hotel. [From the New York Public Library]

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It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior's life.

— Telamon of Arcadia, mercenary of the fifth century B.C. A professional schools herself to stand apart from her performance, even as she gives herself to it heart and soul. The Bhagavad-Gita tells us we have a right only to our labor, not to the fruits of our labor. All the warrior can give is his life; all the athlete can do is leave everything on the field. The professional loves her work. She is invested in it wholeheartedly. But she does not forget that the work is not her. Her artistic self contains many works and many performances. Already the next is percolating inside her. The next will be better, and the one after that better still.

The professional self-validates. She is tough-minded. In the face of indifference or adulation, she assesses her stuff coldly and objectively. Where it fell short, she'll improve it. Where it triumphed, she'll make it better still. She'll work harder. She'll be back tomorrow.

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

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