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[Denishawn dance film]

Title
[Denishawn dance film] [electronic resource]
Publication
[1915?-1917]

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Moving imageUse in library *MGZHB 4-856Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972
  • St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968
  • Gould, Norma, 1888-1980
  • Denishawn School of Dance, Los Angeles.
  • Denishawn Dancers.
Description
1 streaming video file (NTSC) (12 min.) : si., b&w.
Summary
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.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Ted Shawn Collection.
  • National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Series Statement
Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Alternative Title
  • Dance of the ages.
  • Dances of the ages.
Subjects
Note
  • Some corrections given by Dance Division patron.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video online.
Indexed In (note)
  • Terry, Walter. Ted Shawn
  • Shawn, Ted. One thousand and one night stands
  • Siegel, Marcia B. "The cake with the stripper inside," Hudson review
Event (note)
  • 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.
System Details (note)
  • Streaming video.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 1724
OCLC
NYPY737034859-F
Title
[Denishawn dance film] [electronic resource]
Imprint
[1915?-1917]
Series
Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
System Details
Streaming video.
Event
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.
Indexed In:
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).
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video online.
Local Note
Former classmark: *MGZIDVD 5-3572 (replaced *MGZIA 4-7781).
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Indexed Term
Moving images
Local Subject
Motion pictures. Denishawn dance film.
Added Author
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972, dancer.
St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968, dancer.
Gould, Norma, 1888-1980, dancer.
Denishawn School of Dance, Los Angeles.
Denishawn Dancers.
Added Title
Dance of the ages.
Dances of the ages.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 1724
*MGZHB 4-856 Additional copy; 1 film reel (283 ft.) 16mm.
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