Isadora Duncan
Choreographer / Dancer
Date Of Birth:
26 May 1877
Date Of Death:
14 September 1927
Place Of Birth:
San Francisco, California
Best Known As:
Free-spirited modern dancer of the early 1900s
Isadora Duncan was a pioneer of modern dance in early 20th-century America. She is often credited with moving dance away from strict formal structures and toward more free-flowing forms of personal expression. She wore Grecian-style gowns, often performed barefoot, and startled audiences by employing such everyday human movements as skipping and running. Isadora Duncan is also remembered as an early feminist; among other things, she did not believe in marriage and bore two children out of wedlock by two different men. She was killed in a freak 1927 accident when her long scarf became tangled in the rear axle of her automobile.
3 Good Links
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Dedicated to keeping Duncan's memory alive; a bit hypey, but with some biographical info
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Colorful, gossipy biography from the Museum of San Francisco
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Analysis of the importance of Duncan and others to modern dance
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