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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Denishawn Video Archive

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Denishawn dance film

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Title
Denishawn dance film
Additional title: Dance of the ages
Additional title: Dances of the ages
Names
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972 (Dancer)
St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968 (Dancer)
Gould, Norma, 1888-1980 (Dancer)
Denishawn Dancers (Dancer)
Collection

Denishawn Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1915 - 1917 (Approximate)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1724
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-3572 (former)
Topics
Modern dancing -- United States -- 1911-1920
Denishawn School of Dancing
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Content: Some corrections given by Dance Division patron.
Venue: Filmed at the Denishawn School on 6th and Pearl St., in Los Angeles, Calif. in summer 1915 or summer 1916 and at the Westlake School for Girls in 1917.
Citation/reference: Terry, Walter. Ted Shawn, 1976, p. 18, 49 (The Dance of the Ages) ; Shawn, Ted. One thousand and one night stands, 1979, p. 14-15 (The Dance of the Ages) ; Siegel, Marcia B. "The cake with the stripper inside," Hudson review, vol. 31, no. 1, spring 1978, p. 157 (Dances of the Ages).
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (Betacam SP) (12 min.) : silent, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Description
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.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY737034859-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12147353
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cf5f2590-f875-0130-f348-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1891: Creator Born
  • 1915: Created (Approximate)
  • 1972: Creator Died
  • 2021: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Denishawn dance film" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1915 - 1917. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cf5f2590-f875-0130-f348-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Denishawn dance film" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 20, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cf5f2590-f875-0130-f348-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1915 - 1917). Denishawn dance film Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cf5f2590-f875-0130-f348-3c075448cc4b

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Denishawn dance film