THTR 1800 : THTR 1800 Test 3 Study Guide
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Utilized theatrical lighting first choreographer to use this to enhance. She found a way to create colored gels to put in front of lights that. Serpentine made her famous this is the dance that used the colored dance. True creator of modern dance lights on her dress as she moved. She toured in europe and ended up moving there. Her movements were free and innocent, she danced barefoot. She was from california, her parents were divorced and poor, and she earned a living by teaching dance to other kids. She convinced her family to move to chicago, then ny, then london. Became famous in eourpe and settled there. Her method of dance was very simple with no rules: ruth st. denis. Her name is ruth denis, but she changed it to be ruth st. denis to be. She became fascinated with an egyptian goddess because of a poster she saw, she then created a solo from it.
