In 1912 Noyes opened her first dance studio in
Carnegie Hall, teaching her own version of rhythmic dance, which she eventually developed into the "Noyes Rhythm" movement system. "With the discovery of a sense of rhythm, pupils find the doors of artistic expression open to them and forms of beauty in color, music, sculture, dance, in the written and spoken word, are the result," she explained in a 1925 interview. Much like the students of
Isadora Duncan or
Ruth St. Denis, Noyes' dancers wore Greek-inspired flowing silk gowns, and they danced barefoot or in sandals, both choices meant to enhance and communicate the dancer's freedom. Noyes danced in Paris at a 1912 conference about
Rodin. In 1921 she founded two dance camps in
Portland, Connecticut, the Shepherd's Nine for women, and the Junio. Whole families came to her camps in Connecticut as a summer escape. ==Publications==