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7 unusual facts about Isadora Duncan


Alexander Alexeyevich Gorsky

He was inspired by Isadora Duncan who was famous for rejecting ballet and believed dance should be a natural expression of the soul.

Armand Rassenfosse

Many of his paintings at this time were of women, mostly nudes in an intimate setting, but he also portrayed dancers in the rich scenery of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes or dancers in the style of Isadora Duncan.

Edmond van Saanen Algi

As an artist, he is known for his drawings of famous dancers, such as Vaslav Nijinsky, Isadora Duncan and Anna Pavlova.

Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

Two years after the first broadcast of the TV film, Vanessa Redgrave played the role of Isadora Duncan in the big-screen biopic Isadora.

Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World is a BBC TV film based on the life of the American dancer Isadora Duncan first broadcast on 22 September 1966.

Romano Romanelli

It is speculated that Romanelli was seduced by Isadora Duncan to become father of her third child born in 1914, a son who only survived for a few hours.

Vivian Fine

In The Women in the Garden, Fine used the writings of Emily Dickinson, Virginia Woolf, Isadora Duncan and Gertrude Stein to fashion conversations among the four women and a tenor representing the various men in their lives.


Annabelle Gamson

As a dancer she drew particular acclaim for her interpretations of the works of Isadora Duncan, Mary Wigman, and Eleanor King.

Augustin Duncan

The eldest of four children of Joseph Charles Duncan, a banker, and Mary Isadora Gray, he was the brother of Isadora Duncan and Raymond Duncan.

Scarborough Country Day School

Other notable appearances at the theater included Charles Coburn, Isadora Duncan, Sarah Bernhardt and H. G. Wells.


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Elchak is a passionate mother, dancer, choreographer, and educator, trained with teachers from the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, the Mark Morris Dance Group, the American Ballet Theatre, the New York City Ballet, The International Ballet of Cuba, the Denishawn School, and Isadora Duncan Dance.