Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn were just about the coolest married couple back in their day. Sort of the Mom & Pop of modern dance - together they created the Denishawn school in California, one of their students being Martha Graham (that's a big freaking deal), among others before Shawn went on to create the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival with his male dancers (by the way, he's basically the reason men started being taken seriously as modern dancers.) Also, they were sexy as hell. They met when he saw her (the Powerhouse) perform and, awestruck, he auditioned to be her male partner on her next tour. And then they fell in love. Awesome.
Thanks to Alison at Teenangster for the photo of Ruth which reminded me of how hot these two were.
Jacob's Pillow
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