Isadora duncan dance biography books

Isadora Duncan (May 27, 1877 – September 14, 1927) was an American dancer.

Isadora duncan dance biography books

She was an inspiration for modern dance.

Duncan was born in San Francisco, California. She preferred natural movement, instead of what she called the artificial movements of ballet. Her 'free dance movement' was based on simple, flowing movements of the body.

It was inspired by nature, and by ancient Greeksculptures. Costumes were flowing and transparent. Dances involved simple runs, skips and jumps, big gestures and mime.^[1]

Duncan was wildly unconventional.

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A bisexual who had two children but did not marry either of their fathers, she became a communist, and boasted about it. She went to the Soviet Union in 1922, but left in less than two years. At different times she lived in Paris, London and other European cities.

She started dance schools in Moscow, Berlin and Paris. The schools did not last long, but Duncan had admirers who have continued her influence to the pres