Ruth St Denis

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The Peacock (no date).

Dancer Ruth St Denis (1879–1968) strikes Art Nouveau poses in the New York Public Library’s Denishawn Collection, now at Flickr.

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Radha (1904).

Previously on { feuilleton }
Peacocks
Rene Beauclair
Elizabetes Iela 10b, Riga
The Maison Lavirotte
Whistler’s Peacock Room
Beardsley’s Salomé
The art of Hernan Gimenez
Images of Nijinsky

4 thoughts on “Ruth St Denis”

  1. gorgeous!

    the top pose + attitude is reminiscent of Gloria Swanson’s descent down the stairwell during the final scene in “Sunset Boulevard”

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