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Name: Ruth St. Denis
Birth Date: January 20, 1877
Death Date: July 21, 1968
Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, United States
Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: choreographer, dancer

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Ruth St. Denis (1877-1968), American dancer and choreographer, was one of the founders of modern dance. Her work was characterized by its religious and Far Eastern content. Ruth St. Denis, whose name was originally Ruth Dennis, was born in Newark,...


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Early-twentieth-century American dancer and choreographer Ruth St. Denis is often considered to be the mother of modern dance. Born Ruth Dennis in Newark, New Jersey, she began her dance career as a teenager and took the stage name Ruth St. Denis. St....
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Ruth St. Denis (January 20, 1879 – July 21, 1968) was an early modern dance pioneer. Ms. St. Denis founded Adelphi University's dance program in 1938 which was the one of the first dance departments in an American university. It has since become a...


 

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