Dance History

  • Isadora Duncan performs in London

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president of U.S.

  • Anna Pavlova dances "The Dying Swan"

  • Howard Taft becomes president

  • Ballet Russes perform "Rite of Spring"

  • Denishawn School is founded

    By Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn
  • Birth of a Nation premieres

  • Ziegfield Follies incorporate "The Charleston" in their Broadway shows

  • Indian Reorganization Act

  • Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance is founded

  • Laban notation is created by Rudolf von Laban