Ted Shawn Modern Dance Pioneer, Dance Educator & Choreographer

Ted Shawn 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.

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