Isadora Duncan

Monday, 3 June 2013

Isadora Duncan

  Angela Isadora Duncan was born in 27 May  1877 and died 14 September 1927. Isadora was an American dancer. Born in California, she lived in Western Europe and the Soviet Union. She acted in Europe after being exiled from the United States of America. She worked as a choreographer. She was one of the most important dancer in modern/contemporary dance. Isadora began her dancing career by teaching lessons in her home from in her teenage years.  Isadora won her fame in London in 1898. She did her first show in Paris. In 1912, she wrote a book called "the dance". In 1927 she wrote her own biography called "My Life" and dies in that same year, on 14th September. In 1928, some of her articles are edited in "The Art of the Dance"   Nowadays Isadora is very famous and Vanessa Redgrave was her in the movie "The Loves of Isadora"   Isadora died in a car accident. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq2GgIMM060

In this video, Isadora's dance doesn't appear to be a work of art, but back in her days it created a great impact and influenced many other dancers.

Luísa Dias