January 20: Happy Birthday, Ruth St. Denis (1879-1968)
Posted by Penny in Across The CommonsModern dance pioneer Ruth St. Denis was born on 20 January 1879 (date as in the American National Biography; some sources give 1877, 1878, or 1880 instead), in New Jersey. I’ve made two purses with the set of images of her in the New York Public Library’s Flickr stream, and I know many, many other Commons fans have favorited her striking poses … Celebrate her birthday by doing a little barefoot dance, perhaps?
| Ruth St. Denis in Radha |  New York Public Library |
| Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn in an out-of-doors photograph, in color |  New York Public Library |
| Ruth St. Denis, a personal study taken out of doors at Mariarden |  New York Public Library |