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| | Martha Graham: Definition and Much More From Answers.com |
 | | She left the Denishawn company in 1923 to dance in musical revues and to make her independent debut (1926). | | | Discontented with exoticism, Graham broke with Denishawn in 1923 and settled in New York. | | | In 1925, Graham became a dance instructor at the Eastman School of Music and Theater in Rochester, New York. |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/martha-graham
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| | Louise Brooks, Denishawn Dancer: A Bibliography of 1923 - 1924 |
| | Halsey, Ethel M. "Denishawn Dancers Unite Music, Drama, Art in Their Dance." New Orleans Item, January 16, 1924. | | | R., B. "Denishawn Dancers Retrun and Give Program Rich in Color and Novelty." Musical America, April 12, 1924. | | | "Denishawn Dancing Living Poem, A Symphony For Eye and Ear." Sandusky Star Journal, November 28, 1923. |
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http://www.pandorasbox.com/biblio/denishawn-biblio2.html
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| | Martha Graham : her biography |
| | They came because I was such a curiosity- a woman who could do her own work. | | | I danced solos to the ;usic of Schumann, Debussy, Ravel, and others. | | | (...) I did many dances, and everything I did was influenced by Denishawn. |
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http://www.cmi.univ-mrs.fr/~esouche/dance/Graham2.html
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| | Doris Batcheller Humphrey |
| | Dissatisfied with choreography dictated by music and with the foreign dance styles emphasized at Denishawn, Humphrey left the company in the late 1920s with another Denishawn dancer, Charles Weidman. | | | Although similar in form to St. Denis' music visualizations, Sonata Tragica possessed such strong choreographic rhythms that St. Denis later presented it as the first American modern dance performed without music. | | | After ten years with Denishawn, touring America and the Orient, I teamed with Charles Wideman to become a pioneer of the American Modern Dance movement, and an innovator in technique, choreography, and theory of dance movement. |
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http://www.oprf.com/Humphrey
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| | St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Denishawn |
| | Denishawn toured worldwide and was the first dance company to tour extensively in America, bringing the concept of serious dance and an appreciation of unknown cultures to American audiences. | | | Musical director Louis Horst led the way in the composition of music for dance, while Pauline Lawrence became a legendary accompanist, costume designer, and dance administrator. | | | The training they provided for their students--who also served as company members--was highly disciplined and extremely diverse in its cultural and stylistic range. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419100332
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| | Martha Graham :: The Encyclopedia of New York State :: Syracuse University Press |
| | Graham spent several years with the Greenwich Village Follies before being hired in 1925 as co-director of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, where she began to develop a dance training mode based on a system of contractions and releases. | | | In 1908 the family, which included Graham's two younger sisters, moved to Santa Barbara, Calif. In 1911 Graham attended a Los Angeles concert of Ruth St. Denis, whose exotic dancing inspired Graham to imagine a future for herself as a dancer. | | | After her father's death Graham enrolled at Denishawn, the California school founded by St. Denis and her husband Ted Shawn, and in 1921 joined a New York City tour organized by Shawn. |
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http://syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu/encyclopedia/entries/martha-graham.html
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| | Research - People - Louise Brooks - Kansas State Historical Society |
| | Shortly after that Louise was picked by Flo Ziegfield to do an Apache dance and to be one of the six "Cosmopolitan" girls in "Louie the 14th." | | | She later went on a tour as the youngest girl in the Denishawn troupe. | | | At 15, Louise was dancing on the stage of the Miller Theater. |
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http://www.kshs.org/people/brooks_louise.htm
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| | AXE - Special Collections - Louise Brooks - Louise Brooks and the Denishawn Dancers |
| | "The Denishawn Company, beside Miss St. Denis and Ted Shaw, includes Martha Graham, Pearl Wheeler, Betty May, Lenore Scheffer, and Paul Mathis, with an instrumental quartet conducted by Louis Horst. | | | "The Denishawn Dancers attempt in these music visualizations to translate accurately into visible form the actual mathematical and architectural construction of the written composition. | | | The youths and maidens who compose the company have all been Denishawn students for several seasons and are now like one family." |
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http://library.pittstate.edu/spcoll/dance.html
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| | Every Little Breeze: The Blog |
| | Souvenir Program of 1925 Denishawn Oriental Tour (part way down page) | | | By the years' end, she was a member of their touring company, and remained so, gaining larger and more prominent parts, until her dismissal in 1924, reportedly due to her attitude problems. | | | Souvenir Program of 1924 Denishawn USA Tour (part way down page) |
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http://everybreeze.blogspot.com
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| | Untitled Document |
| | lames of One Fire: A Multimedia History of the Denishawn Legacy | | | Phoebe admitted with a hint of mischief that she and other Denishawn students would sneak out and see MarthaÕs experiments. | | | Before her death in 1996, she lovingly passed on to me a wealth of materials in the form of books, letters, photographs, and memorabilia including meticulously kept programs, notes, sheet music and newspaper clippings. |
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http://bama.ua.edu/~dhughes/flamessite/neh.html
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| | Denishawn: The Birth of Modern _ Dance - Low prices |
| | On 12 May, 1992 they released the best product ever! | | | Denishawn: The Birth of Modern _ Dance is one of my nicest presents. | | | The star of "Denishawn: The Birth of Modern _ Dance" is: Denishawn. |
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http://vhs.lowcost.us.com/item_36333032313931303235/Denishawn_The_Birth_of.php
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| | But perhaps most importantly, Horst taught Graham about musical form and encouraged her to work with contemporary composers rather than making dances to eighteenth and nineteenth-century music, as her solo dance predecessors had done. | | | She soon began working with Louis Horst, whom she knew from Denishawn, where he had been the musical director and resident accompaniest. | | | Though the dances Graham created in the late 1920s were derivative of Denishawn pieces, by 1930 she was beginning to identify a new system of movement and new principles of choreography. |
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http://www.pitt.edu/~gillis/dance/martha.html
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| | Martha Graham and Modern American Dance |
| | They had a lot of influence on Graham's ideas on dance, for example in the way they used different dance traditions in their work to create a new dance style. | | | Rebellion against the exotic romanticism of the Denishawn company was to be a major thrust of the modern dance movement, and Denishawn was formally disbanded by the end of 1931. | | | Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, and Charles Weidman all left Denishawn a few years after one another, and started making their own choreographs. |
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http://www.let.uu.nl/ams/xroads/dance.htm
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| | Overview Article |
| | During her senior year, she applied to, and was accepted by, the internationally-acclaimed Denishawn School of Dance and Related Arts in New York. | | | Saturday nights frequently included studio parties at which the city's most prominent artists and patrons mingled. | | | New approaches and forms were emerging with the work of Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, and Charles Weidman." Because these artists had broken with Denishawn under less than pleasant circumstances, Denishawn students were not permitted to attend their concerts. |
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http://bama.ua.edu/~dhughes/flamessite/history/overview.html
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| | Florida State University's Research in Review |
| | While the public was learning to dance the Charleston, and Louis Armstrong perfected the musical solo, ballet choreographers were searching to find some form of expression of what it meant to be an American. | | | Recognizing the articles as part of the Denishawn Dance Company, and aware of the Denishawn school’s significance to the dance world, she outbid the only other bidder--the auctioneer. | | | "The Denishawn Dance Company was the forerunner of modern American dance," says Young. |
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http://www.research.fsu.edu/researchr/fallwinter97/features/dance.html
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| | When she returned home to Oak Park she began her own studio with her mother as accompaniest and business manager. | | | Humphrey began her choreographic career while at Denishawn, where she created, with St. Denis, famous pieces like "Soaring," set to the Schumman score of the same title, and "Sonata Pathetique," to the Beethoven score. | | | Humphrey made life-long artistic and personal relationships with other Denishawn colleagues, most notably Pauline Lawrence and Charles Weidman. |
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http://www.pitt.edu/~gillis/dance/doris.html
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| | ninemsn Encarta - Print Preview - Modern Dance |
| | The Denishawn Company performed works loosely based on the dances of Egypt, India, and Asia and presented these largely on the vaudeville circuit. | | | Graham was the first to leave the school and develop an original technique rooted in a version of Expressionism. | | | It taught an eclectic mixture of dance styles and techniques in the service of the exotic choreography of its principals. |
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http://au.encarta.msn.com/text_761575355___5/Modern_Dance.html
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| | American Masters . Martha Graham PBS |
| | Over eight years, as both a student and an instructor, Graham made Denishawn her home. | | | Denishawn was founded by Ruth St. Denis and her husband Ted Shawn to teach techniques of American and world dance. | | | She found her chance dancing in the vaudeville revue Greenwich Village Follies. |
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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/graham_m.html
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| | Ballet Videos & DVDs Performances and Documentaries 2 |
| | Denishawn: The Birth of Modern Dance Video (1301) | | | This historic dance documentary tells the story of one of the least publicized, yet most-influential modern dance companies in America. | | | Founded by Ruth St. Denis and her husband Ted Shawn at the turn of the century, Denishawn has become legendary for its unique approach to contemporary dance. |
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http://www.centralhome.com/ballroomcountry/ballet_performances_2.htm
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| | Contemporary Dance Ensemble - Modern Dance History |
| | Feeling the need to express through her own dance, she left Denishawn and explored her own movement. | | | In her biography An Unfinished Life, she states, "What I gave Denishawn and what I shall give to pupils as long as I am able, is an artistic stimulus and an incentive to go and do someting -- anything -- that is a release and a joy to the young artist." | | | Denis was known more for her creative ingenuity. |
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http://www.cde.org.vt.edu/mdrnhist.htm
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| | ipedia.com: Louise Brooks Article |
| | Her film debut was in The Street of Forgotten Men in an uncredited role in 1925, but she became famous for the 1928 film Pandora's Box, in which her waiflike role as the doomed flapper Lulu made her an icon of the Jazz Age. | | | She began her entertainment career as a dancer, appearing with the Ziegfeld Follies as well as the Denishawn dance... | | | She began her entertainment career as a dancer, appearing with the Ziegfeld Follies as well as the Denishawn dance company whose members included Martha Graham and Ted Shawn. |
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http://www.ipedia.com/louise_brooks.html
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| | Gale - Free Resources - Women's History - Biographies - Martha Graham |
| | One of the first American dance companies and schools, Denishawn specialized in that which was novel and exotic to American sensibilities: Greek pageants, Japanese sword dances, sexy Spanish flamencos. | | | Dissatisfied with commercial dance, Graham taught for a time at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where she began the choreographic experiments that made her famous. | | | While touring with Denishawn, Graham studied the expressionistic dances of Isadora Duncan and Mary Wigman. |
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http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/whm/bio/graham_m.htm
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| | The Quintessential Flapper |
| | Personally, I don't particularly like either film very much, but Brooksie's charisma and magnetism are irresistable. | | | From Denishawn, she went on to Broadway in George White's Scandals and the Ziegfeld Follies. | | | Movie stardom meant nothing to her, and she paid the price for failing to play the Hollywood game in the late '20s and early '30s. |
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http://www.stanford.edu/~brooksie/Louise/brooksie.html
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| | Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia |
| | 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... | | | More from Britannica on "Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts"... |
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http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article?tocId=9310984&query=doris
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| | Louise Brooks Society at LiveJournal |
| | The Denishawn Dance Company, with Louise Brooks, performed in Hannibal, Missouri on January 2, 1924. | | | During her research, Amanda also came across a photograph (circa 1890) of the building which Brooks and her family would later call home starting in the late teens. | | | Amanda found an amazing assortment of newspaper advertisements, related articles, and reviews of each performance. |
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http://www.livejournal.com/users/louisebrooks
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| | Denishawn - definition of Denishawn in Encyclopedia |
| | 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. | | | Embed a dictionary search in your own web page |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Denishawn
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| | Modern dance -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | 1928 Humphrey and Weidman leave Denishawn to found their own school and company ((Click link for more info and facts about Humphrey-Weidman) Humphrey-Weidman). | | | 1923 Graham leaves Denishawn to work as a solo artist in the (A mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century) Greenwich Village Follies. | | | Fuller, Duncan and St. Denis all toured (The 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles) Europe seeking a wider and more accepting audience for their work. |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/m/mo/modern_dance.htm
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| | Louise Brooks Studies: A Denishawn Image Gallery |
| | Louise Brooks appeared with the Denishawn Dance Company in the early 1920's. | | | Presented here are a number of images of Denishawn from the years Brooks was a member. | | | Ruth St. Denis and Denishawn Dancers in Ishtar of the Seven Gates |
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http://www.geocities.com/louisebrookssociety/denishawn-pix.html
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| | Denishawn - Dances On! |
| | He's called upon to do it again in Where the Truth Lies, a movie about a successful 1950's comedy team and their subsequent breakup and decline following the discovery of a dead woman in their hotel room. | | | 23 of their best are recreated in DENISHAWN DANCES ON! | | | The parents of modern dance, Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, choreographed dozens of important, ground breaking works throughout their illustrious careers. |
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http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/denishawn_dances_on/about.php
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| | UPNE Barton Mumaw, Dancer |
| | JANE SHERMAN was the youngest member of the Ruth St. Denis - Ted Shawn Company from their fifteen-month tour of the Orient through their Ziegfeld Follies Tour of the US. | | | She is author of Soaring: The Diary and Letters of a Denishawn Dancer in the Far East, 1925 - 1926 (Wesleyan, 1976), winner of the de la Torre Bueno Prize for Best Book in Dance History for that year; The Drama of Denishawn Dance (Wesleyan, 1979), and other works. | | | Today she continues writing and re-creating Denishawn dances for young professionals. |
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http://www.upne.com/0-8195-6453-2.html
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| | Barton Mumaw, Dancer: From Denishawn to Jacob's Pillow and Beyond |
| | Barton Mumaw, Dancer: From Denishawn to Jacob's Pillow and Beyond | | | Book Description (Barton Mumaw, Dancer: From Denishawn to Jacob's Pillow and Beyond) | | | Escaping God's Closet: The Revelations of a Queer Priest |
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http://dicasw.com/Books/0819564532-buy-Barton-Mumaw,-Dancer:-From-Denishawn-to-Jacob's-Pillow-and-Beyond.html
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| | Dancer History Archives by StreetSwing.com - Ted Shawn - Main Page |
| | Together they formed the Denishawn studios and dancers. | | | He was very much into church related dances and dancing (studied to be a minister in college), and being over six feet tall and 175 lbs. | | | During a tour in New York he met Ruth St. Denis (1878-1968) and married her almost immediately on August 13, 1914. |
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| | The Killinger Collection: Costumes of Denishawn and Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers |
| | Experimental feature: Order The Killinger Collection: Costumes of Denishawn and Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers from the UK, Canada, Germany or France by clicking an appropriate flag below. | | | The Killinger Collection: Costumes of Denishawn and Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers Description | | | Editorial Review of The Killinger Collection: Costumes of Denishawn and Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers |
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http://performing-arts.isbn-books.info/B0006RA4LC/The-Killinger-Collection-Costumes-of-Denishawn-and-Ted-Shawn-and-His-Men-Dancers.html
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| | St. Denis, Ruth on Encyclopedia.com |
| | A divergence in their views after 1931 led her to found (1940) a separate school. | | | With Ted Shawn, whom she married in 1914, she founded the Denishawn Schools in Los Angeles and in New York City (1920). |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/S/StD1enis.asp
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| | Dancer History Archives by StreetSwing.com - Ruth St. Denis - Main Page |
| | Returning home in 1909, she finally produced Egypta and O' Mika. | | | Dennis teamed with then dancer Ted Shawn in 1914 and soon after married forming the Denishawn Company and later a dance studio. | | | The two separated in 1932 and she continued to run the school, till financial troubles forced her to close the doors. |
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http://www.streetswing.com/histmai2/d2ruth1.htm
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| | Dance Collection Danse Book Catalogue |
| | Other names emerge: Molly Lee, Mary Protich, Ione Zinck, Gladys Atree and Helen Crewe, all adding to the growing pool of dancers who have appeared on stages around the world. | | | and the array of vaudeville performers to Denishawn, Martha Graham, Adeline Genée and Pavlova. |
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| | Arnold Genthe / Denishawn dancers / 1927 or 1928 |
| | This image is one of over 118,000 from The Art Museum Image Consortium Library (The AMICO Library™), a growing online collection of high-quality, digital art images from 39 museums around the world. | | | Arnold Genthe / Denishawn dancers / 1927 or 1928 |
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http://www.davidrumsey.com/amico/amico36134-85564.html
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