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Denishawn and Ted Shawn's Men Dancers

Moving image

Identifier
0.159
Date:
circa 1926
Description:
FILM # 16.1: Death of Adonis; choreographed and performed by Ted Shawn -- Valse Caprice; choreography: Doris Humphrey; music: Chaminade; performed by Doris Humphrey -- Scherzo Waltz; choreography: Doris Humphrey; music: Ilgenfritz; performed by Doris Humphrey -- Cuadro Flamenco; choreography by Ted Shawn; music by Louis Horst; performed by Ted Shawn, Ruth St. Denis and Denishawn Dancers.

FILM #21.4: The Whirling Dervish, choreography: Ted Shawn; music: Fuleihan; with Ted Shawn -- The Three Brothers, choreography: Ted Shawn; music: Respighi; performed by three men -- A Study of St. Francis, choreography: Ted Shawn; music: Respighi; with Ted Shawn -- Dance of The Redeemed, choreography: Ted Shawn; music: Louis Ganne; performed by eight men -- Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seen, choreography: Ted Shawn; music: Traditional; with Shawn -- Go Down Moses, choreography: Ted Shawn; music: Traditional; performed by Shawn and three men -- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, choreography: Ted Shawn; music: Traditional; performed by Shawn and six men.

FILM #18.2 - Dancing in India: Women dancers in a Bombay moving picture studio; two dancers who had just danced for coronation of Maharajah of Kashmir, at a tomasha in Shalimar Gardens, Lahore. Ruth St. Denis in attendance; two boys dressed as girls dancing, Quetta; street Nautch girls, Delhi; Denishawn Dancers improvising at a temple pool near Jubbulpore. (1926)
Access Format
VHS
Master Format
film
Technical Notes
Original video transfers. FILM # 16.1 -- FILM #21.4 -- FILM #18.2

Related productions
Cuadro Flamenco
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Pillow performances