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Down went the house lights, up came the footlights, and there before the curtain stood a tall, grey man whose daring dancing had once shocked the purists and made history in the dance. Ted Shawn, 63, is at home before any audience, but this audience was his special home-Jacob's Pillow, in the Berkshires near Lee, Mass., where he turned a weed-grown farm into the hub and Mecca of dancing in North America. Shawn introduced what he called "the apex of our achievement in presenting dancers at Jacob's Pillow," the Royal Danish Ballet. Then...
...Dance. There was no question about it: the Danes were a success. Ted Shawn heaved a sigh of relief; his importation of the troupe represented a personal risk of some $10,000. But the acknowledged dean of U.S. dancing has been taking risks all his life. One night last week he leaned back in an old rocker on his farmhouse porch, poured himself a tall brandy and soda, and reminisced about...
...Shawn abandoned all idea of the ministry and went right on dancing, typing in an insurance office by day and sorting books in the public library by night to pay for his lessons. Ultimately he journeyed to Los Angeles, where he opened a school...
David Sheppard's "Jazz Band" mirrors Picasso's cubist period but no "staircase" angles challenge the rhythm of curves. Modifications of other European styles sprinkle the walls. More typically American, in the tradition of Ben Shawn, is Beverly Hallam's "Evolution," which shows a row of children exhibiting their paintings to the class. She catches the boys' expressions "Look at mine" and "What's his like" as well as the little girls' embarrassment...
Spectacular (Sat. 9 p.m., NBC). The Follies of Suzy, with Jeanmaire, Steve Allen, Dick Shawn, Connie Russell, Paul Whiteman...