Ruth St. Denis in China/Asia - Exotic solo into Chinese

Ruth St. Denis as well as Isadora Duncan toured Asia in the late '20s and were enthusiastically received as well as imitated.
Here is one example - from a 1931 silent "Two Stars", showing 2 numbers from an imaginary Charity Event.
Two hurdles remained uncrossed: first, a lack of ensemble dance style disappointed audiences (esp. in SE Asia) who wanted to see Japanese style chorus line dance. A la Takarazuka.
Second, and as a consequence.pioneering ballet and mod. dance schools for children provided no avenue to a career, and so by the late 1920s had to be abandoned - or rather reorganized as stage-dance troupes.
A third problem of course was that modern dance of this sort could never gain public financial support - and not just in China which in any case had no government at all.until the early 30s...

[@HistoricHomePlans]

Magnificent! It's an incredible treat to be able to see this. We're so lucky film was around at the time to preserve performances like this.

[@flowerbloom5782]

She looks like she having so much fun.

[@dancefilmmaker2279]

Very interested to find out where did you find these clips of Ruth St. Denis? Are they available elsewhere online? Do you know if they're in the public domain? Many thanks for any insights you can share on that!

[@DiegoRodriguez-yn3fl]

1:21 los pasos del Jackie Chan

[@maria59065]

GRACIAS POR COMPARTIR

[@Weavingqueerharmony]

Does anyone know if the music she dances to in the second clip is available anywhere?

[@nortonowen8320]

The second segment is not Ruth St. Denis.

[@koosbananamilk97]

¿quién es entonces? 👀

[@nortonowen8320]

@@koosbananamilk97 It's from a 1931 Chinese film, "Yinhe shuangxing" (which is usually translated as "Two Stars"). Ruth St. Denis had nothing to do with it.

[@susankennedy5739]

That's right; it also has nothing to do with Chinese dance.