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Ted Shawn

American dancer
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Edwin Myers Shawn
Born:
October 21, 1891, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Died:
January 9, 1972, Orlando, Florida (aged 80)
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Ted Shawn (born October 21, 1891, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.—died January 9, 1972, Orlando, Florida) was an innovative American modern dancer and cofounder of the Denishawn school and company. A former divinity student, Shawn was introduced to dance as therapy after an illness. Soon after beginning his dance career, he met and married Ruth St. Denis in 1914; together they founded Denishawn. Shawn taught and promoted many different ethnic and theatrical styles of dance and, with St. Denis, choreographed the Denishawn company’s entire repertoire. He and St. Denis ended both their marital and their professional association in 1931, though they ...(100 of 276 words)

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