Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Murphy, Kevin M. (Kevin Michael)
2. Hamilton, Caroline, 1988-
3. Dankmeyer, Erica
4. Maskati, Panalee
5. Owen, Norton
6. Steele, Thandi
7. Tarah, Munjulika R.

Description

1. 127 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm

Summary

1. "Ruth St. Denis (1879-1968) and Ted Shawn (1891-1972) pioneered modern dance in the United States with their company Denishawn, founded in 1914. A generation of modern dancers and choreographers, including Martha Graham, trained and first performed with the company. Artists who were inspired by or worked with St. Denis and Shawn include Auguste Rodin, John Singer Sargent, Katherine Dreier, Marcel Duchamp, and Joseph Cornell, among others. While there is a large body of literature on the relationship between the visual arts and dance in early twentieth-century Europe, there is no equivalent scholarship on Denishawn, America's answer to the Ballets Russes. Original research in this book makes an important contribution to the literature on modern dance, as well as American Modernism in the arts broadly. This heavily illustrated catalogue includes artwork, sets, ephemera, and especially costumes, many of which haven't been seen since they were worn in the 1930s. A significant portion of the visual materials and costumes, and of St. Denis's and Shawn's choreography, borrow from East and South Asian and Native American cultures; this publication interrogates the legacy of cultural appropriation and colonialism in dance. The materials also demonstrate St. Denis's and Shawn's stylistic and personal connections to American and European modernists, broadening an understanding of dance in the United States within the context of early Modernism"--

Subject

1. Cultural appropriation
2. Dance costume
3. Art and dance
4. Modern dance
5. Jacob's Pillow
6. Archives
7. History
8. Catalogs
9. United States
10. Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers
11. Denishawn Dancers
12. St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968
13. Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972
14. Cultural appropriation > United States > History
15. Dance costume > United States > History
16. Art and dance > United States > History
17. Modern dance > United States > History
18. Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival > History
19. Jacob's Pillow > Archives > Catalogs
20. Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers History
21. Denishawn Dancers History

Genre/Form

1. Catalogs.
2. History.

Contents

1. Director's foreword and acknowledgements / Pamela Franks -- Introduction: The story of the Jacob's Pillow Archives / Norton Owen -- "Fundamental lines of truth and beauty" : the story of the Jacob's Pillow Archives / Caroline Hamilton -- The artistic collaborations and cultural appropriations of Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn / Kevin M. Murphy -- Contentious histories in emergent archives / Munjulika R. Tarah, Erica Dankmeyer, Thandi Steele, and Panalee Maskati -- Selections from the Jacob's Pillow Archives / Caroline Hamilton.

Call number

1. *MGRS 23-777

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Title

1. Dance we must : the art and costumes of Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, 1906-1940 / edited by Kevin M. Murphy and Caroline Hamilton ; with additional contributions by Erica Dankmeyer, Panalee Maskati, Norton Owen, Thandi Steele, Munjulika R. Tarah.

Publisher

1. Williamstown, Massachusetts : Williams College Museum of Art, [2023]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Added author

1. Murphy, Kevin M. (Kevin Michael), editor.
2. Hamilton, Caroline, 1988- editor.
3. Dankmeyer, Erica, author.
4. Maskati, Panalee, author.
5. Owen, Norton, author.
6. Steele, Thandi, author.
7. Tarah, Munjulika R., author.

LCCN

1. 2022017883

ISBN

1. 9781646570270 hardcover
2. 1646570278 hardcover

Research call number

1. *MGRS 23-777