Week #8

Week 8 America Dancing
In Moving History Dancing Cultures.
-Please read this article and write a summary in your online journal or video dialogue.

Dancing Out the Difference: Cultural Imperialism and Ruth St. Deniss Radha pp.256-271 -Please watch this video and include analyses in your online journal.

Ruth St. Denis: Liebestraum – Jacobs Pillow Dance Interactive
Ruth St. Denis appeared in more than a dozen Pillow seasons between 1940 and 1964 (including the performance seen here, when she was seventy), and her portrait still hangs beside the proscenium in the Ted Read More
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Ruth St. Denis: “The Delirium of Senses” from Radha – Jacobs Pillow Dance Interactive
Raised in a Bohemian environment, Ruthie Dennis (1879-1968) studied ballroom and skirt dancing in Somerville, New Jersey, and first performed professionally as a variety act in 1894 at Worths Family Theatre and Museum in New Read More
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