Jean François Marmontel
Jean François Marmontel , 1723-99, French critic, dramatist, and story writer, contributor to Diderot's Encyclopédie. Educated by the Jesuits, he taught in Jesuit schools until 1745, when, encouraged by Voltaire, he went to Paris. His works, popular in his day, include Denys le tyran (1748), a tragedy; Contes moraux, which appeared in the Mercure between 1761 and 1786; Bélisaire (1767), a plea for tolerance; and his Mémoires (4 vol., 1804), written for his children. He was a member of the French Academy.
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Ruth St Denis & Ted Shawn
Magazine article from: Dance Teacher; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Loe Fuller and Mary Wigman, Ruth St. Denis (1879-1968) is considered...for dance in North America. St. Denis was born Ruth Dennis in New Jersey, where...artist (she adopted the name Ruth St. Denis to perform it), but also because...
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'In Search of a Goddess' conjures spirit of Ruth St. Denis
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 6/14/2004; ; 575 words
; ...spirit of modern dance pioneer Ruth St. Denis, with mixed results. Whether...relief until even she gives up on St. Denis' tireless plans for "Egypta...alone with her dreams. Unlike Ruth St. Denis, "In Search of a Goddess" does...
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Adelphi honors Ruth St. Denis.(ACROSS THE FLOOR)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Ruth St. Denis came to Adelphi University...school even held an annual Ruth St. Denis Day. In later years, Hanya...premiere in tribute to Miss Ruth. In addition, a major exhibit documenting St. Denis' career occupies the university...
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A Glimpse from Boston's Rich Dance Past.(Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn School of Dancing)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 10/1/2001; ; 643 words
; Boston's Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn School of Dancing, one...students and part-time performers with St. Denis and Shawn. According to its opening...offerings at school performances were St. Denis's The Nautch and Impromptu, both...
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Dance Was Her Religion: The Spiritual Choreography of Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis and Martha Graham
Magazine article from: Dance Teacher; 12/1/2004; ; 358 words
; ...Religion: The Spiritual Choreography of Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis and Martha Graham by Janet Lynn Roseman Hohm Press Drawing...influential modern dancers and choreographers: Duncan, St. Denis and Graham. A chapter is dedicated to the life and works...
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ST. DENIS PUT MARK ON MODERN DANCE.(ARTS-EVENTS)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 1/11/2004; 700+ words
; ...choreographer and teacher, Ruth St. Denis (1878-1968) was a pivotal...Lombardo, organizer of the upcoming Ruth St. Denis conference at the National Museum...Adrian Ravarour, president of the Ruth St. Denis Foundation in California...
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In Search of a Goddess' Evokes St. Denis
News Wire article from: AP Online; 6/14/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...introduction to American choreographer Ruth St. Denis, who is rarely remembered these...spirit of modern dance pioneer Ruth St. Denis, with mixed results. Whether...alone with her dreams. Unlike Ruth St. Denis, "In Search of a Goddess" does...
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'In Search of a Goddess' Evokes St. Denis
News Wire article from: AP Online; 6/14/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...introduction to American choreographer Ruth St. Denis, who is rarely remembered these...spirit of modern dance pioneer Ruth St. Denis, with mixed results. Whether...alone with her dreams. Unlike Ruth St. Denis, "In Search of a Goddess" does...
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Technical Miscues Mar `St. Denis'
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/17/1994; ; 582 words
; ...crews indoors, "The Spirit of Ruth St. Denis" nevertheless made its Chicago...performance in which young Ruthie Denis of New Jersey was transformed into Ruth St. Denis, a goddesslike creature of the...
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`Spirit of Ruth' Dances Back to Turn of the Century
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/12/1994; ; 685 words
; "The Spirit of Ruth St. Denis" 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday...with an inner goddess, there was Ruth St. Denis. One of the founders of the American modern-dance movement, Ruth St. Denis enchanted turn-of-the-century...
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Ruth St. Denis
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Ruth St. Denis Ruth St. Denis (1878?-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...
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Dancers Break the Rules
Book article from: American Decades
...this era were those made by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn. The New Jersey-born St. Denis (originally just Ruth Dennis) had spent the first...to Hollywood was fruitful. Ruth St. Denis choreographed the Babylonian...
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Dance
Book article from: American Decades
...frenetic signature dance alarmed moralists. Duncan and St. Denis Until Ruth St. Denis and her husband, Ted Shawn, formed their Denishawn...touring companies for their dance. In fact, both St. Denis and Isadora Duncan got their starts in theatrical...
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modern dance
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...its pioneers were Isadora Duncan , Loie Fuller , and Ruth St. Denis in the United States, Rudolf von Laban and Mary Wigman...Nikolais in the 1960s. The pictorial effects achieved by Ruth St. Denis had a different source: the ritualistic dance of Asian...
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Doris Humphrey
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Angeles. Denishawn, founded by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, was known for its...soloist, her style caught the eye of St. Denis, who influenced her as a dancer and choreographer. St. Denis and Shawn moved towards the abstract...
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