Dancing Originally Occupation Limited to Men Alone, by Ted Shawn (May 17, 1936)
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An article titled "Dancing Originally Occupation Limited to Men Alone" written by Ted Shawn and published by the Boston Herald in May 17, 1936. This article is the Eighteenth in a series of 27 articles about dancing written by Ted Shawn and published between April 7 and June 9, 1936 by the Boston Herald. This article focuses on the male influence upon dancing across the ages, where Shawn argues how the prejudice against male dancing on the 1930’s was based only on the last 100 years where dancing had been considered a feminine enterprise.
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Ted Shawn was the founder and director of the Jacob’s Pillow, a dance center, school and performance space located in Becket, Massachusetts. The organization is known for the oldest internationally acclaimed Summer dance festival in the United States. Ted Shawn also taught at Springfield College during the 1932-33 school year, and a number of Springfield College students went on tour with Shawn in the first all male modern dance troupe. Ted Shawn (October 21, 1891 - January 9, 1972), originally Edwin Myers Shawn, was one of the first notable male pioneers of American modern dance. Along with creating Denishawn with former wife Ruth St. Denis, he also created the well-known, all-male company Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers. He was also the founder and creator of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts, and was knighted by the King of Denmark for his efforts on behalf of the Royal Danish Ballet.
