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

Denis. " And Cynthia Nolan in her book Outback notes that ". Soon after their marriage the couple opened the first Denishawn School in Los Angeles California where they were able to choreograph and stage many of their famous vaudeville pieces.

Ted Shawn (21 October 1891 — 9 January 1972) originally Edwin Myers Shawn was one of the first notable male pioneers of American modern dance. Denis he is also responsible for the creation of the well known all-male company Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers.