Dance We Must: The Art and Costumes of Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, 1906–1940
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Author: Ruth St. Denis
Ruth St Denis and Ted Shawn pioneered modern dance in the US with their company Denishawn, founded in 1914. Incorporating elements from ancient, non-Western and Native American sources, Denishawn became the first important American dance company. This catalogue reproduces artwork, sets and especially costumes, many of which have not been seen since the 1930s, which demonstrate Denishawn's personal connections to American and European modernists.A generation of dancers and choreographers, including Martha Graham, trained and performed with the company, and many artists, including Auguste Rodin, John Singer Sargent, Katherine Dreier, Marcel Duchamp and Joseph Cornell, collaborated with them.Some of the materials and costumes, as well as the choreography, borrow from East and South Asian and Native American cultures, and the publication interrogates the legacy of cultural appropriation in dance.
ISBN 9781646570270. Williams College Museum of Art. hb. 144 pages. 70 colour ills. 27 x 21 cm.
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Ruth St Denis and Ted Shawn pioneered modern dance in the US with their company Denishawn, founded in 1914. Incorporating elements from ancient, non-Western and Native American sources, Denishawn became the first important American dance company. This catalogue reproduces artwork, sets and especially costumes, many of which have not been seen since the 1930s, which demonstrate Denishawn's personal connections to American and European modernists.A generation of dancers and choreographers, including Martha Graham, trained and performed with the company, and many artists, including Auguste Rodin, John Singer Sargent, Katherine Dreier, Marcel Duchamp and Joseph Cornell, collaborated with them.Some of the materials and costumes, as well as the choreography, borrow from East and South Asian and Native American cultures, and the publication interrogates the legacy of cultural appropriation in dance.
ISBN 9781646570270. Williams College Museum of Art. hb. 144 pages. 70 colour ills. 27 x 21 cm.
available