Isadora Duncan
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Description
An American dancer who performed to acclaim throughout Europe. Born in California, she lived in Western Europe and the Soviet Union from the age of 22 until her death at age 49 or 50 (Wikipedia).
Books
Isadora speaks
"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."--Jacket.
The Art of the Dance
The Art of the Dance is a collection of written essays by the great revolutionary dancer and mother of modern dance, Isadora Duncan. They are her ideas, ponderings and analysis of the dance and what it should be as an art. These writings portray her philosophy of the dance and its impact on children, on the body as well as spiritual expression of the soul through movement. It is a witness to her great genius and a must read for any serious artist or scholar interested in the foundations of modern dance and its impact on all other art forms.