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Shawn

(shôn), Ted 1891-1972.

American dancer and choreographer who with his wife Ruth Saint Denis founded the Denishawn Dance School (1915). He later founded an influential all-male modern dance troupe (1932).

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Noun 1. Shawn - United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972)

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