Ruth St. Denis

The Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts, founded in 1915 by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn in Los Angeles, California, helped many perfect their dancing talents. Ruth St. Denis performing a solo work. Wikipedia

Danseuses Russes

April 9, 1923. Washington, D.C. "Paul Tchernikoff dancers, Russian Village Fair at Wardmann Park Inn." Our second glimpse of these lithe young ladies. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.

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Vintage Photo

Ines Mesina and Ines Wellin, 1926

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Ray Bolger

Raymond Wallace, Ray Bolger (January 10, 1904 – January 15, 1987) began his career in vaudeville. He was half of a team called "Sanford and Bolger" and also did numerous Broadway shows on his own. He, like Gene Kelly, was a song-and-dance man as well as an actor. Bolger was signed to a contract with MGM in 1936 and his first role was as himself in The Great Ziegfeld (1936). Noticed by MGM producers and resulted in his being cast in his most famous role, that of the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz (1939).

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Roszika and Janszieka Deutsch

The Dolly Sisters wearing Roaring 20's Fashion. When 18-year-old identical twins the Dolly Sisters danced onto the Broadway stage in 1911, they caused a sensation. Theatres swelled to bursting as people swarmed to see the girls who were a perfect mirror image of each other..  

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Ruth St Denis

 

Ruth St Denis in The Greek Veil Plastique. Used in vaudeville act. Witzel -- Photographer,  1918, Denishawn Collection

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Vintage Dancing

Bent Creek Ranch Square Dance Team at Asheville Mountain Music Festival. Lomax Collection, Library of Congress
Modern Western Square Dance is the form that was established by Lloyd Shaw in the 1930s and 1940s, who succeeded in providing clubs and callers with a standard set of calls to use.| vintage

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Sammy Davis Jr.

Samuel George "Sammy" Davis Jr (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American entertainer and was also known for his impersonations of actors and other celebrities. Sammy Davis Jr. was often billed as the "greatest living entertainer in the world". The son of vaudeville star Sammy Davis Sr., he was known as someone who could do it all--sing, dance, play instruments, act, do stand-up--and he was known for his self-deprecating humor; he once heard someone complaining about discrimination, and he said, "You got it easy. I'm a short, ugly, one-eyed, black Jew. What do you think it's like for me?"