Eugenie Dozier at Midnight Party (1965)

A photograph of Eugenie Dozier drinking from a cup inside Jacob Pillow’s theater. In the background there can be seen two women sitting and talking and a man passing by. All people are enjoying a party “given for hard working scholarship students after closing the theater and cleaning it”. The Student’s Dining Hall pictured in the photograph was built by Shawn’s new dancers in the 1930’s.Ted Shawn taught at Springfield College during the 1932-33 school year, and a number of Springfield College students went on tour with Shawn in the first all male modern dance troupe. Ted Shawn (October 21, 1891 - January 9, 1972), originally Edwin Myers Shawn, was one of the first notable male pioneers of American modern dance. Along with creating Denishawn with former wife Ruth St. Denis, he also created the well-known, all-male company Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers. He was also the founder and creator of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts, and was knighted by the King of Denmark for his efforts on behalf of the Royal Danish Ballet. Created by Ted Shawn in 1931, Jacob's Pillow is a dance center, school and performance space located in Becket, Massachusetts. The organization is known for the oldest internationally acclaimed Summer dance festival in the United States.A caption on the back reads: "Eugenie Dozier 33 Smithfield Court Springfield, Mass. 01108 About 1965 at Jacob's Pillow Saturday Midnight Party (given hard working scholarship students after closing the theatre and cleaning it) in the student's Dining Hall built of field stone by Shawn's New Dancers in the 1930s.