Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Ted Shawn

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American dancer Ted Shawn.

Last updated on December 25, 2024.

Ted Shawn was one of the first notable male pioneers of American modern dance. Along with creating the Denishawn School with former wife Ruth St. Denis he was also responsible for the creation of the well-known all-male company Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers. With his innovative ideas of masculine movement, he was one of the most influential choreographers and dancers of his day. He was also the founder and creator of 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."

American - Dancer | October 21, 1891 - January 9, 1972

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I wanted to see if the American man in plain brown pants and a bare torso could speak profound things.

Ted Shawn

Dance is the only art of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made.

Ted Shawn

I believe that dance communicates man's deepest, highest and most truly spiritual thoughts and emotions far better than words, spoken or written.

Ted Shawn

I wanted to see if the American man in plain brown pants and a bare torso could speak profound things.

Ted Shawn

Education in the art of dance is education of the whole man ? his physical, mental and emotional natures are disciplined and nourished simultaneously in dance.

Ted Shawn

Work like you don't need money, Love like you've never been hurt, And dance like no one's watching. Dance is the only art of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made

Ted Shawn

I believe that dance has the power to heal, mentally and physically.

Ted Shawn

The artist must be ecstatic about something.

Ted Shawn

I believe that dance is the oldest, noblest and most cogent of the arts. I believe that dance is the most perfect symbol of the activity of God and His angels. I believe that dance has the power to heal, mentally and physically. I believe that true education in the art of dance is education of the whole man.

Ted Shawn

Man has used human rhythmic movement as raw material out of which to create works of art, as the composer of music uses sound, the sculptor uses stone and wood, the painter his pigments, and the writer - words.

Ted Shawn

Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Ted Shawn

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