MEDIATHEK

The document focuses on dance from the early days of cinema 1894-1912, and on the pioneering work of Ted Shawn and Ruth St Denis (1912-1950), who created modern dance, inspired by ethnic theatre traditions and the Eastern, mystic and sensual rituals.

1. Chrissie
2. Sheridan
3. Annabella
4. Animated Picture Studio
5. Flag Dance
6. Turkish Dance, Ella Lola; Thomas A. Edison
7. A La Trilby, Thomas A. Edison
8. French Acrobatic Dance
9. Nymphen of waves
10. Little Lillian. Toc danseuse
11. Princess Raja Dance
12. Ted Shwand's "Dance of The Ages," 1913
Egypt Dance od priest
Greece
Orient
England
France 1850, carneval
Amerika 1898, The Cakrwalk
Amrika 1913, Ragtime
13. Ruth St. Denis, "On the Shore" at Babbacombe Bay, Devonshire, England
14. The Denishawns at home, Los Angeles, California (1915)
15. Ruth St. Denis, in Moments from Famous Dances
16. Ruth St. Denis, "White Jade"
17. Ruth St. Denis, "Red and Gold Sari" (1950)
18. Ruth St. Denis, "Greorgian Chant" (1950)
19. Ruth St. Denis und Ted Shawn "Tillers of the Soil" (1950)
20. Ruth St. Denis "Incense" (1953)
21. The Denishawns at home, Los Angeles, California (1915), "Living the Dressing Room"

Künstlerische Mitarbeit / Collaboration: Ulrike Boecking; Pip Chodorov; Walter Ruttmann; Man Ray; Eugène Deslaw; Len Lye; Dudley Murphy; Duke Ellington; Fredi Washington; Ed Emshwiller; Chick Strand; Pooh Kaye; Ilse Gassinger

Verantwortlicher Mitarbeiter / Notes archivistes: Beatrice Diel

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