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Ruth St. Denis (1879-1968)

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vendredi 09 juin 2006 [n° 1279]

“Miss Ruth opened a door and I saw into life. I worshipped everything about Miss Ruth-how she walked, how she danced. Miss Ruth was everything to me”

Martha Graham

Ruth St Denis (Ruth Dennis) is an american dancer, teacher, and choreographer, who, with the American dancer Isadora Duncan, is credited with founding modern dance in America. 1

In her unpublished book The Divine Dance (1933), Ruth St. Denis wrote of her vision of a future dance for life and peace:

“The dance of the future will no longer be concerned with meaningless dexterities of the body…. Remembering that man is indeed the microcosm, the universe in miniature, the Divine Dance of the future should be able to convey with its slightest gestures some significance of the universe…. As we rise higher in the understanding of ourselves, the national and racial dissonances will be forgotten in the universal rhythms of Truth and Love. We shall sense our unity with all peoples who are moving to that exalted rhythm.” 2

En 1915, elle ouvre à Los Angeles, avec son mari Ted Shawn (1914 – 1931), une école de danse qui portera leurs noms : Denishawn School. 3

Ruth St. Denis vaudeville / Denishawn / « visualisations musicales » (1879-1968) Artsvivants.ca


  1. Filmography :

    She was filmed by Edison, billed in the December 1894 Kinetograph Company Bulletin as the ‘Champion High Kicker of the World‘. Less known is the fact that around the same she was also filmed for Charles Chinnock‘s imitation Kinetoscope
    source : Who’s who of Victorian cinema

    - The Light of Asia [Original, Play]
    Choreographed by Ruth St. Denis Oct 9, 1928 – Oct 1928
    - Du Barry [Original, Play, Drama] Performer: Ruth Dennis [Mlle. Le Grand] Dec 25, 1901 – May 1902
    - The Auctioneer [Original, Play, Comedy]
    Performer: Ruth Dennis [Mandy];
    Performer: Ruth Dennis [Miss Crompton] Sep 23, 1901 – Dec 1901
    - Zaza [Revival, Play]Performer: Ruth Dennis [Adele]

    Ruth St. Denis – Internet Broadway Database     [back]

  2. Ruth St. Denis International network for the dances of universal peace [back]
  3. A Sketch of the Life of Ruth St. Denis

    Bibliography :

    - St. Denis, Ruth, Wisdom Comes Dancing, Ed. Kamae A. Miller, Seattle (WA), PeaceWorks, 1997.
    - An Unfinished Life [1939], Brooklyn (NY), Dance Horizons, 1969.
    - Ruth St. Denis: A Biography of the Divine Dancer, by Suzanne Shelton, Austin TX, University of Texas Press, 1981
    In addition to many articles, Ruth St. Denis published An Unfinished Life, her autobiography (1939), and Lotus Light, a book of poems (1932)
    Biographical Sketch [back]

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