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Ruth St. Denis, pt. 2

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Denishawn Video Archive

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Ruth St. Denis

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Title
Ruth St. Denis, pt. 2
Additional title: White jade (Choreographic work : St. Denis)
Additional title: Salome (Choreographic work : St. Denis)
Additional title: Liebestraum (Choreographic work : St Denis)
Additional title: Gregorian chant (Choreographic work : St Denis)
Names
St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968 (Choreographer)
St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968 (Dancer)
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972 (Choreographer)
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972 (Dancer)
Toutikian, Karoun (Dancer)
Toutikian, Karoun (Film editor)
Durnall, Tamara (Dancer)
Hauser, Nancy Mason (Film editor)
Ruth St. Denis Foundation (Hollywood, Calif.) (Donor)
Jacobs, Mark W. (Film editor)
Skinner, Don (Film editor)
Tomie, Lisa (Other)
Collection

Denishawn Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1985
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 6154
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-908 reel 2 (former)
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Creation/production credits: Edited by Karoun Tootikian, Nancy Mason Hauser, Mark W. Jacobs, Don Skinner, Chyron: Lisa Tomie.
Content: Piano accompaniment by Robert Hawkinson. SUMMARY: Dance segments include Ruth St. Denis in White jade (1948), Salome (1948), Brahms waltz (1949), Liebestraum (1946 and ca. 1937-38), Gregorian chant (ca. 1950), and reading original poem "To a Chinese flute" (1949).
Content: Ted Shawn dances in Thunderbird and Whirling dervish (ca. 1937-38).
Content: Other dance segments include Dance of the sari (1952), Moghul court dance (1955), Tamara Durnall in condensed version of Valse à la Loïe (1954), Spear dance of Samoa by Ted Shawn (1955), Court dance by Ted Shawn.
Performers: Other performers appearing in the dances include Karoun Tootikian, Chrystine Lawson, Feodor Stojak, and Corinne Rankine.
Performers: Footage of Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, and their dancers, 1925-1960.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (Umatic) (56 min.) : sound with silent sequences, color and black andwhite ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY867013737-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12162381
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 68ad8720-a9df-0134-4d5d-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1880: Creator Born
  • 1968: Creator Died
  • 1985: Created
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Ruth St. Denis" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1985. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7b05dc10-ef96-0133-71f4-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Ruth St. Denis" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7b05dc10-ef96-0133-71f4-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1985). Ruth St. Denis Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7b05dc10-ef96-0133-71f4-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Ruth St. Denis