History

Classes have been offered continuously in New York City (until 2002) since 1912 when Florence Fleming Noyes opened her first studio in Carnegie Hall. In 1921 she founded two camps in Portland, Connecticut: Shepherd's Nine for women, and the Junior School with separate
programs for children, families, and men.

Before her death in 1928 she had established a technique, even more pertinent today; created a school in New York with branches across the country; prepared teachers for the fine art of sharing rhythm and danced what she believed: even barefoot on the steps of the U.S. Treasury for women's rights.

Visit our Photo Gallery for more images of Florence Fleming Noyes, Catherine Rapp and the Noyes Dancers

You can also find images and information from the archives of the Library of Congress:

Photographer Benjamin Frances Johnston 1900-1915

Noyes Dancers at the Women's Suffrage Pageant
*note the woman in front is German Actress Hedwig Reicherweang costumed as 'Columbia'