Ruth St. Denis Poster
date: label: date made
content: ca 1929
label: date made
content: ca 1915
name: label: maker
content: Sunami, Soichi
label: depicted; performing artist
content: St. Denis, Ruth
label: maker
content: Sunami, Soichi
notes: label: Description
content: Poster of dancer Ruth St. Denis, advertisting her peformance in <i> Tagore Poem</i>, a work was inspired by the works of Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. The poster's artistic photograph was taken by Soichi Sunami.
label: Description
content: A pioneer of modern choreography, Ruth St. Denis began her career on the vaudeville stage. Inspired by Eastern mythology, she used fluid movement, artful costuming and mystical themes to emphasize the spiritual nature of interpretive dance. An international sensation, St. Denis was also cofounder of the Denishawn School of Dance.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Dance
label: Subject
content: poetry
label: Subject
content: Bengalis
label: Subject
content: Japanese Americans
label: Subject
content: Asian Pacific Americans
label: web subject
content: Entertainment
label: Subject
content: Dancers
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ruth St. Denis Foundation Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0796.02
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0796.02
label: accession number
content: 1980.0796
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Poster
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 41 1/4 in x 28 1/8 in; 104.775 cm x 71.4375 cm