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Ruth St. Denis

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Dancer
Died
Jul 21, 1968
Zodiac
Aquarius
Born in
Newark NJ
About
Co-founder of the American Denishawn School of Dance; pioneered modern dance, bringing eastern ideas to the art. She taught many notables, including Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Lillian Powell, Evan-Burrows Fontaine, and Charles Weidman.
Family
Her parents were living in Newark, New Jersey, on a small farm when she was born; her mother was her first and possibly strictest dance teacher, training her in the techniques of François Delsarte.

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