Denishawn

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Denishawn was an influential early 20th-century American modern dance company and school that helped shape modern dance through innovative choreography and training.

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instanceOf dance school
modern dance company
performing arts organization
activityPeriod 1910s
1920s
early 1930s
basedIn Los Angeles
New York City
country United States
dissolved early 1930s
foundedBy Ruth St. Denis
Ted Shawn
genre Orientalist dance
ballet-influenced modern dance
interpretive dance
modern dance
hasInfluenceOn choreographic experimentation in the United States
development of modern dance technique
hasMotto To create a dance that is truly American in spirit
inception 1915
influenced American modern dance
Humphrey-Weidman Company
Martha Graham Dance Company
concert dance in the United States
knownFor eclectic training methods
fusion of ethnic dance forms
innovative choreography
spectacular theatrical productions
locationFounded California
Los Angeles
United States
notableMember Ruth St. Denis
Ted Shawn
notableStudent Charles Weidman
Doris Humphrey
Jack Cole
Jane Sherman
Louise Brooks
Martha Graham
Pearl Primus
partOf early American modern dance movement
taughtDiscipline Dalcroze eurhythmics
Delsarte system of expression
Oriental dance
ballet
ballroom dance
folk dance
toured Asia
Canada
Europe
Latin America
United States

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Ted Shawn coFounderOf Denishawn
Ted Shawn notableWork Denishawn company
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Ted Shawn employer Denishawn
Ruth St. Denis coFounded Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts
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Ruth St. Denis coFounded Denishawn dance company
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Ruth St. Denis influenced American modern dance
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Ruth St. Denis studentAt Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts
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Ruth St. Denis taughtAt Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts
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Doris Humphrey studiedAt Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts
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Doris Humphrey wasMemberOf Denishawn company
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Edwin Myers Shawn coFounded Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts
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Charles Weidman educatedAt Denishawn School
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Charles Weidman memberOf Denishawn company
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