Ted Shawn

Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers: Souvenir Program [Inscribed and Signed]

N.p. s.i., 1935. Very Good. Item #13745

N.p.: s.i., ca. 1935. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's decorative staple bound wrappers; [16]pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Some wear from handling, light foxing to both wrappers, spine ends beginning to split, else Good to Very Good, internally sound. Inscribed and signed on p. [1]: "Christmas Greetings from Ted Shawn."

Early program of the modern dance and athletics troupe founded by Ted Shawn in the early 1930s following the dissolution of his marriage and partnership with fellow-dancer Ruth St. Denis. Shawn's mission in founding "the first company in modern times composed entirely of men dancers," according to the introduction, was to "restore dancing for men to its rightful standing...[and present] a program of dances essentially masculine in principle and performance."

Price: $150.00