Isadora Dances

Isadora Dances

Author: Rachel Isadora

Publisher: Puffin

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780140566703

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A brief biography of the woman whose unique style of dance was not readily accepted by audiences at the turn of the twentieth century.


Nietzsche's Dancers

Nietzsche's Dancers

Author: K. LaMothe

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2006-02-04

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 1403977267

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This book investigates the role Nietzsche's dance images play in his project of "revaluing all values" alongside the religious rhetoric and subject matter evident in the work of Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham, who found justification and guidance in Nietzsche's texts for developing dance as a medium of religious expression.


Isadora

Isadora

Author: Amelia Gray

Publisher:

Published: 2017-05-23

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 0374279985

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A fictional "portrait of an artist and woman drawn to the brink of destruction by the cruelty of life. In her ... novel, Amelia Gray offers a ... portrayal of a legendary artist churning through prewar Europe. [The book] seeks to obliterate the mannered portrait of a dancer and to introduce the reader to a woman who lived and loved without limits, even in the darkest days of her life"--Amazon.com.


The House Where Isadora Danced

The House Where Isadora Danced

Author: J. O. Jeppson

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2009-10-30

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1449030947

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This historical novel is about the influence of Isadora Duncan, who never kept anything secret, on a suburban family that tried to keep many secrets.


My Life

My Life

Author: Isadora Duncan

Publisher:

Published: 1927

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13:

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Unquestionably brave, creative, and erudite, the free spirit Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) captivated the American, European, and Soviet cultural scenes with her innovative modern dance and un-self-conscious lifestyle.


Done into Dance

Done into Dance

Author: Ann Daly

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press

Published: 2010-03-01

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0819570966

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This cultural study of modern dance icon Isadora Duncan is the first to place her within the thought, politics and art of her time. Duncan's dancing earned her international fame and influenced generations of American girls and women, yet the romantic myth that surrounds her has left some questions unanswered: What did her audiences see on stage, and how did they respond? What dreams and fears of theirs did she play out? Why, in short, was Duncan's dancing so compelling? First published in 1995 and now back in print, Done into Dance reveals Duncan enmeshed in social and cultural currents of her time — the moralism of the Progressive Era, the artistic radicalism of prewar Greenwich Village, the xenophobia of the 1920s, her association with feminism and her racial notion of "Americanness."


Isadora Duncan in the 21st Century

Isadora Duncan in the 21st Century

Author: Andrea Mantell Seidel

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2015-12-14

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 0786477954

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Part artistic study, part intimate memoir, this book illuminates the technique and repertory of American dancer Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) and her enduring legacy from the perspective of an artist and scholar who has reconstructed and performed her work for 35 years. Providing an overview of modern activities and trends in the teaching and performance of Duncan's dance, the author describes her own work directing The Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble, the company that sought to implement Duncan's mission to create not a school of dance but "a school of life."


Isadora Speaks

Isadora Speaks

Author: Isadora Duncan

Publisher: San Francisco : City Lights Books

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13:

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"This outstanding collection of the great dancer's heretofore uncollected writings and speeches gives us a vivid new perception of her importance as an original and radical thinker. Starting with reminiscences of her San Francisco childhood, Isadora Speaks features her outspoken views on America, revolutionary Russia, education and the arts, life with Russian poet Serge Esenin, love, woman's emancipation, and dance as a radical force capable of transforming the world and changing life."--BOOK JACKET.


Isadora

Isadora

Author: Julie Birmant

Publisher: SelfMadeHero

Published: 2019-10-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781910593691

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A graphic biography of the pioneering, free-spirited "Mother of Modern Dance" In 1899, performing in the drawing rooms of London's elite, Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) was already laying the foundations for modern dance. Her performances were visceral, free-flowing, and expressive; she danced barefoot. The 22-year-old from California was shattering the conventions of traditional ballet and, in doing so, enchanting high society. In Isadora, Julie Birmant and Cl ment Oubrerie capture the astonishing life and scandalous times of the so-called "Mother of Modern Dance" from her arrival in Europe to her tragic death in 1927. This extraordinary graphic novel spans Duncan's meetings with Auguste Rodin and Loie Fuller, her dazzling on-stage career, and the development of a style of dance--inspired by natural forms and Greek sculpture--that would become her enduring legacy.


My Life (Revised and Updated)

My Life (Revised and Updated)

Author: Isadora Duncan

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2013-05-27

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 0871403447

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A remarkable account of a wildly artistic life, finally restored to its unexpurgated form, with a revealing new introduction by Joan Acocella. The visionary choreographer and dancer Isadora Duncan (1877–1927) not only revolutionized dance in the twentieth century but blazed a path for other visionaries who would follow in her wake. While many biographies have explored Duncan’s crucial role as one of the founders of modern dance, no other book has proved as critical—as both historical record and vivid evocation of a riveting life—as her autobiography. From her early enchantment with classical music and poetry to her great successes abroad, to her sensational love affairs and headline-grabbing personal tragedies, Duncan’s story is a dramatic one. My Life still stands alone as “a great document, revealing the truth of her life as she understood it, without reticence or apology or compromise” (New York Herald Tribune). Now, in this fully restored edition, with its risqué recollections and fervent idealism, My Life can be appreciated by a new generation.