Douglas, Ann (b. 1901)
Douglas, Ann (b. 1901)
American concert dancer. Born Mar 12, 1901, in Seattle, Washington; sister of Germaine Ballou.
Trained at Denishawn school in Los Angeles, California, before joining its concert troupe (1919–26); toured with company in Julnar of the Sea (1919) and with St. Denis in her Sonata Tragica (1923), Waltz (1924), Valse à la Loie (1924), and more; joined company on tour of the Orient, performing in same pieces as well as General Wu's Farewell to His Wife (1928) and Impressions of a Wayang Purwa (1928); upon return to US, opened a series of studios with her sister in the Los Angeles area.
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