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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...
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  • charity founder Ruth St. Denis, American dancer Yves St-Denis, Canadian politician Benoît Saint Denis, French mixed martial artist Saint-Denis (electoral district)...
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    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...
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    modern dance. He created the Denishawn School together with his wife Ruth St. Denis. After their separation he created the all-male company Ted Shawn and...
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    Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis and Martha Graham. Hohm Press. ISBN 1-890772-38-0 Shelton, Suzanne. Divine Dancer: A Biography of Ruth St. Denis. New York:...
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    research. The Denishawn School in the United States was founded by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, with such students as Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey...
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    interpretive dance can be traced back to the work of Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis in the early 1900s. Duncan rejected the rigid technique and restrictive...
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    were strongly influenced by Samuel Lewis' spiritual relationships with Ruth St. Denis, a modern dance pioneer, and Hazrat Inayat Khan, a Sufi master. The...
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    rigid constraints of classical ballet, Loie Fuller, Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis (with her work in theater) developed their own styles of free dance...
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  • Universal Peace was also inspired by his time with American dance pioneer Ruth St. Denis, whom he acknowledged as their "grandmother." In 1982, the organization...
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