Synopsis
From NYPL: Brief scenes of Denishawn house, Los Angeles, Ruth St. Denis teaching class, leading students in a dance, and in Oriental costume with a peacock; Ted Shawn auditioning small girl wearing pointe shoes; informal shots of Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn; Denishawn students at play. The compilation concludes with a 1913 Thomas Alva Edison Company special effects film, The Dances of the Ages, in which Norma Gould, Ted Shawn and dancers perform miniaturized on a banquet table top; Shawn's scenario of brief dances evokes historical eras from the Stone Age to the early twentieth century. RLIN/OCLC: NYPY737034859-F NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12147353 Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cf5f2590-f875-0130-f348-3c075448cc4b
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- Running time
- 2 minutes
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- dance
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