Soaring : the diary and letters of a Denishawn dancer in the Far East, 1925-1926

Soaring : the diary and letters of a Denishawn dancer in the Far East, 1925-1926 / by Jane Sherman.

An account of the author's travels during her 15 month tour of the Far East with Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, and the Denishawn Dance Company along with Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, and Pauline Lawrence, among others. Contains letters and diary entries. In addition to providing a dance histor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sherman, Jane, 1908-2010
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, ©1976.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sherman, Jane, > 1908-2010.
St. Denis, Ruth, > 1880-1968.
Shawn, Ted, > 1891-1972.
Shawn, Ted, > 1891-1972
Sherman, Jane, > 1908-2010
St. Denis, Ruth, > 1880-1968
Dance.
dances (performance events)
dances (performing arts compositions)
dance (performing arts genre)
Dance
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Summary:An account of the author's travels during her 15 month tour of the Far East with Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, and the Denishawn Dance Company along with Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, and Pauline Lawrence, among others. Contains letters and diary entries. In addition to providing a dance history narrative, this book accounts a vivid description of traveling in the Far East in the mid 1920s. Includes primary source letter, journals, and pictures to bring the history directly to the reader.
Physical Description:1 online resource (278 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
ISBN:9780819577962
0819577960
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized

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