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Who founded the Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts?
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Martha Graham
Martha Graham performing “Letter to the World” (also called “The Kick”), 1940.
The Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts was founded in 1915 by Ruth St. Denis and her husband, Ted Shawn.12