Ted Shawn and his men dancers
Contributors: Meeker, Jess; Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers; National Theatre Corporation (Washington, D.C.); Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1935
Language: eng
Description: A pioneer organization which marks the opening of a new and important chapter in the history of the dance "Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers," National Theatre, local management, William A. Albaugh, management: Willmore & Powers, New York City, permanent address and training camp of Shawn and dancers: P.O. Box 87, Lee, Massachusetts, Jess Meeker at the piano.
Notes: National Theatre, Friday matinee, Jan. 18, 4:30 p.m. [1935].

Cast: Ben Shawn, Barton Mumaw, Frank Overlees, Wilbur McCormack, Dennis Landers, Fred Hearn, Foster Fitz-Simons, William Howell, Ned Coupland.

In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).
Table of contents: title: Program: I. Primitive rythms (Meeker). 1. Ponca Indian dance. 2. Hopi Indian eagle dance. 3. Sinhalese devil dance. 4. Dayak spear dance. 5. Maori war haka; title: II. Labor symphony (Meeker). 1. Labor of the fields. 2. Labor of the forests. 3. Labor of the sea. 4. Mechanized labor; title: III. The hound of heaven (Meeker) inspired by the great mystic poem of Francis Thompson; title: IV. Play, motifs, folk themes. 1. Pleasantly satiric comment (Prokofieff). 2. Gnossienne (Satie). 3. Choric dance of antique Greek comedy (Stcherbatcheff). 4. Ferrucca Triana, a Spanish flamenco dance. 5. Three American folk themes: a. Negro spiritual "Walk Together, Children". b. Mule team driver's dance (Eastwood Lane). c. Pinoeer's dance (John Powell); title: V. The dance as an art form: music dances: 1. Bach: Three part invention. 2. Beethoven: Variations on a theme of Diabelli. 3. Brahms: Rhapsody, Op. 119, no. 4.