Ted Shawn

Ted Shawn (1891–1972) was an American modern dancer and choreographer who co-founded the Denishawn School and founded the all-male company Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers.

Ruth St. Denis: Ruth St. Denis was an American modern dancer and choreographer who co-founded the Denishawn School with Ted Shawn. Her partnership with Shawn established Denishawn and shaped his early artistic career.
Modern dance: Modern dance is a concert-dance tradition that developed partly in rejection of classical ballet’s conventions. Shawn’s work helped shape this broader American dance tradition.
American modern dance: American modern dance is a concert-dance movement that developed in the United States during the twentieth century. Shawn became a central institution-builder within this movement.
Jacob's Pillow: Jacob’s Pillow is a dance center and festival in Becket, Massachusetts, founded by Ted Shawn in 1933. Shawn turned his farm into a lasting institution for dance performance and education.
Martha Graham: Martha Graham was an American modern dancer and choreographer who developed a major modern-dance technique. She studied and performed at Denishawn before developing an independent style.
Men's dance: Men’s dance is the practice and performance of dance by male dancers, especially as a subject of artistic and cultural debate. Shawn challenged the stigma surrounding men who danced professionally.
Denishawn School: The Denishawn School was the training institution founded by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn in Los Angeles in 1915. Its teaching and touring work grew from Shawn and St. Denis’s partnership.
Dance education: Dance education is the teaching and study of dance technique, history, composition, and performance. His schools and programs made training central to his work beyond the stage.
Doris Humphrey: Doris Humphrey was an American modern dancer and choreographer known for developing fall-and-recovery technique. Her Denishawn training links Shawn’s school to another major modern-dance lineage.
Athletic dance: Athletic dance emphasizes physical strength, agility, and forceful movement as expressive resources. Shawn foregrounded masculine athleticism in performances by his all-male company.

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