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Angela Isadora Duncan (May 26 or 27, 1877 – September 14, 1927) was an American dancer. Born in California, she lived in Western Europe and the Soviet Union from the age of 22 until her death at age 50. She performed to acclaim throughout Europe.
Duncan's fondness for flowing scarves contributed to her death in an automobile accident in Nice, France, when she was a passenger in an Amilcar. Her silk scarf, draped around her neck, became entangled around the open-spoked wheels and rear axle, breaking her neck. In 1987, she was inducted into the National Museum of Dance's Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame.
Angela Isadora Duncan was born in San Francisco, California to Joseph Charles Duncan (1819–1898), a banker, mining engineer and connoisseur of the arts, and Mary Isadora Gray (1849–1922). Duncan was the youngest of four children. Her two brothers were Augustin Duncan and Raymond Duncan; her sister, Elizabeth Duncan, was also a dancer. Soon after Isadora's birth, her father was exposed in illegal bank dealings, and the family became extremely poor.
Isadora (also known as The Loves of Isadora) is a 1968 biographical film which tells the story of celebrated American dancer Isadora Duncan. It stars Vanessa Redgrave, James Fox, and Jason Robards.
The film was adapted by Melvyn Bragg, Margaret Drabble, and Clive Exton from the books My Life by Isadora and Isadora, an Intimate Portrait by Sewell Stokes. It was directed by Karel Reisz.
It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress (Vanessa Redgrave). The film was also nominated for the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival, where Redgrave won Best Actress.
In 1927, Isadora Duncan has become a legend as the innovator of modern dance, a temperamental bohemian, and an outspoken advocate of free love. Now past 40, she lives in poverty in a small hotel on the French Riviera with her companion Mary Estelle Dempsey/Mary Desti (named only as Mary in the film) and her secretary Roger, to whom she is dictating her memoirs. As a young girl in California, Isadora first demonstrates her disdain for accepted social standards by burning her parents' marriage certificate and pledging her dedication to the pursuit of art and beauty. In 1896, she performs under the name of Peppy Dora in a rowdy music hall in Chicago and publicly embarrasses the theatre manager into paying her $300 so that she can take her family to England. Modeling her free-form style of dance and costume after Greek classicism, she rapidly acquires international acclaim.
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Actors: James Finlayson (actor), Edward José (actor), Wyndham Standing (actor), Eileen Percy (actress), Hugh M. Hefner (producer), Claire Whitney (actress), Theda Bara (actress), Dana Delany (actress), Fred Malatesta (actor), Stuart Holmes (actor), Hugh Munro Neely (producer), Hugh Munro Neely (writer), Hugh Munro Neely (actor), Hugh Munro Neely (editor), Hugh Munro Neely (director),
Plot: The true story of the life of the movies first femme-fatale, Theda Bara, who made over 40 films, only a handful of which survive. Born in America, her film producers insisted she was an exotic foreigner, born in Egypt. Her most famous film was "Cleopatra" (Fox, 1917).
Keywords: actress, femme-fatale, film-history, lost-filmActors: Yuriy Kutsenko (actor), Andrey Krasko (actor), Gary Busey (actor), Oleg Tabakov (actor), Valentina Telichkina (actress), Roman Madyanov (actor), Andrei Tolubeyev (actor), Sean Young (actress), Pyotr Merkurev (actor), Vladimir Valutskiy (writer), Tatyana Lyutaeva (actress), Aleksandr Mikhaylov (actor), Konstantin Ernst (producer), Nikolay Olyalin (actor), Konstantin Khabenskiy (actor),
Plot: After policeman Aleksandr Hlystov receives an old photo of poet Esenin's dead body just taken out of a loop he immediately begins an investigation, not an official one, but he tries to solve the mystery by himself. The more he learns about Esenin's life and death, the weirder the case gets...
Keywords: tv-mini-seriesActors: Julie Harris (actress), Daniel Geller (producer), Daniel Geller (director), Daniel Geller (editor), Dayna Goldfine (director), Dayna Goldfine (editor), Dayna Goldfine (producer),
Plot: This unsentimental portrait of the complex and charismatic "Mother of Modern Dance" traces the life and artistic development of San Francisco-born Isadora Duncan (1877-1927). Duncan raised dance from mere vaudeville entertainment to a legitimate art form, laying the foundation for today's modern dance. The first American performing artist to gain worldwide acclaim, she dared to use her medium for political purposes: creating the first choreography to call people to arms, to express the plight of repressed workers, and to agitate for the freedom of women. Set against the social tapestry of turn-of-the-century America and Europe, Isadora Duncan: Movement From the Soul is a study of a revolutionary and iconoclast, a woman who dared to defy Victorian mores through both her art and the way she lived. Illuminating and gracefully crafted, the documentary interweaves the details of Isadora Duncan's tumultuous life with re-creations of twelve of her dances. Spanning the entire range of her career, these dances illuminate Duncan's personal and artistic development. Viewers witness the evolution of Duncan's early lyrical compositions into her later dramatic and politically motivated work. An essential film for dance students and scholars, Isadora Duncan: Movement From the Soul is also appropriate for American studies, cultural history, art history, and women's studies classes, and will be of interest to anyone who wants to know more about this singular woman and her art.
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Júlio Bressane (writer), Caetano Veloso (composer), José Lewgoy (actor), Leovegildo Cordeiro (editor), Caetano Veloso (actor), Júlio Bressane (director), Júlio Bressane (producer), Norma Bengell (actress), Guará Rodrigues (actor), Sandro Solviatti (actor), Colé Santana (actor), Mário Gomes (actor), Suzana de Moraes (actress), Mariana de Moraes (actress), Vera Barreto Leite (costume designer),
Genres: Comedy, Musical,Actors: Branko Plesa (miscellaneous crew), Maurice Jarre (composer), Melvyn Bragg (writer), Jason Robards (actor), Melvyn Bragg (writer), Mark Dignam (actor), Alan Gifford (actor), Bessie Love (actress), Wallas Eaton (actor), James Fox (actor), Vanessa Redgrave (actress), Richard Marner (actor), Arnold Diamond (actor), Ann Skinner (miscellaneous crew), Christian Duvaleix (actor),
Plot: A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitudes on free love, debt, dress, and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.
Keywords: 12-year-old, 1920s, abandoned-by-father, accidental-death, accordion, adult-playing-with-child, adultery, american, amphitheatre, anti-communismActors: Tony Palmer (miscellaneous crew), Murray Melvin (actor), Ken Russell (actor), Ken Russell (producer), Ken Russell (writer), Ken Russell (director), Peter Bowles (actor), Michael Bradsell (editor), Shirley Russell (costume designer), Sandor Elès (actor), Alexei Jawdokimov (actor), Vivian Pickles (actress), Alex 'Alien' Russell (actor), Sewell Stokes (writer), Joyce Hammond (costume designer),
Genres: Biography, Documentary,Performing Company Lori Belilove Jeanne Bresciani Barbara Kane Judy Landon Adrienne Ramm Theda Rosenbluth Susan Sparkman Program Director - Julia Levien Lighting - Chenault Spense Stage Manager - Andy Tron Company Manager - Louise Craig Gerber
Many people have posted on Isadora Duncan on You Tube. Some, the footage of her rapturously executing the final few steps of an outdoor performance. Others, photographs of her dancing, images that curiously seem to capture some of the dynamism and modernness of her movement. There is also disputed footage described by some as Isadora dancing at the Parthenon. Given that the Greek ideal was one of her primary sources of inspiration, the temple in Athens would be a likely place for film to be shot. And certainly there are photographs of Duncan in dance pose at the Acropolis. However, the temple in this footage here is obviously not in Athens, as it is low in altitude and there is sea in the background. And there is know reason to suppose the film is of Isadora herself - so perhaps a disci...
Una muy buena interpretación de la "Guarachera", que nunca escuché sino hasta hace poco, sobre la denominada pionera de la danza moderna. Cuando bailó, Te dijeron "ay ves" Ausente como el mensaje de Isadora. Entre el amor Una pasión vivió Y a nadie Se le encadenaba Isadora. El arte que dominó, Cual llama de su placer, El mundo entero animado La aclamó. Isadora Formó la liberación, Isadora Duncan, Leyenda que no murió. Tuvo el encanto, la simpatía, La valentía. La bailarina de una pureza Que no vencía. En las piernas de Isadora, Bailaban, muchas razones, Impuso una nueva moda, Con sus improvisaciones. El ballet que fue su arte, Nombre y fama le ganó, Y el amor fue su estandarte, El hombre fue su pasión. Cuando bailó, Le dijeron tal vez Autentico fue el mensaje de Isadora. En cada ...
Tamara Rojo dances the first two waltzes of Frederick Ashton's one-act ballet Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan, 2004. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/five-brahms-waltzes-in-the-manner-of-isadora-duncan-by-frederick-ashton Frederick Ashton saw Isadora Duncan dance in London in 1921. It was to be one of the most enduring influences on his life. Duncan's freedom of movement, the driven intensity of her dancing and the way in which she seemed to fuse music and dance, were all profound influences on Ashton's own choreographic style. Almost fifty years after seeing her perform, Ashton recalled, 'She had the most extraordinary quality of repose. She would stand for what seemed quite a long time doing nothing, and then make a very small gesture that seemed f...
The first of a series of videos that will educate viewers about who Isadora Duncan was and the dances she choreographed. The series will teach about Isadora Duncan's dance technique and demonstrate the themes about which she danced. Isadora Duncan's choreography as danced by isadoraNOW will be used to demonstrate the technique and the inspiration behind Isadora Duncan's work. As it evolves, the series will elaborate on Isadora Duncan's legacy in the modern dances of today and the work that isadoraNOW does to continue that legacy. Narrated by isadoraNOW director and fifth generation Isadora Duncan dancer, Elyssa Dru Rosenberg. For more information, visit: www.isadoranow.org All photographs of Isadora Duncan and music in this video are in the public domain.
This is the only film that exists of Isadora Duncan’s dancing. It is a few seconds of footage of a recital given outdoors in an open space. A group and men and women sit and stand round the space. They watch the performance and applaud at the end. There are three versions of the footage here. The first is the full version of the film. The second is just a section of the footage but clearer. The third is in slow motion, which gives time to watch Isadora more closely. The music I’ve used here is a waltz by Johannes Brahms. Enjoy!
Performing Company Lori Belilove Jeanne Bresciani Barbara Kane Judy Landon Adrienne Ramm Theda Rosenbluth Susan Sparkman Program Director - Julia Levien Lighting - Chenault Spense Stage Manager - Andy Tron Company Manager - Louise Craig Gerber
Elsa wore blue chiffon when she danced in the blue salon. And she wore white chiffon when she danced in the white salon.
The first of a series of videos that will educate viewers about who Isadora Duncan was and the dances she choreographed. The series will teach about Isadora Duncan's dance technique and demonstrate the themes about which she danced. Isadora Duncan's choreography as danced by isadoraNOW will be used to demonstrate the technique and the inspiration behind Isadora Duncan's work. As it evolves, the series will elaborate on Isadora Duncan's legacy in the modern dances of today and the work that isadoraNOW does to continue that legacy. Narrated by isadoraNOW director and fifth generation Isadora Duncan dancer, Elyssa Dru Rosenberg. For more information, visit: www.isadoranow.org All photographs of Isadora Duncan and music in this video are in the public domain.
Loie Fuller nació en el gran oeste americano. Nada hacía sospechar que esta chica de campo llegaría a convertirse en estrella de los cabarets de la Belle Époque y mucho menos que llegaría a bailar en la Opera de París. Oculta bajo metros de seda, alargando sus brazos con bastones, Loie reinventa su cuerpo en el escenario deleitando al público cada noche. Pese a que el esfuerzo físico le castiga la espalda, incluso cuando los focos luminosos le queman los ojos, no cesará en su empeño de seguir mejorando. Pero su encuentro con Isadora Duncan, joven promesa ansiosa por triunfar, precipitará la caída de este nuevo icono de principios del siglo 20. http://www.labailarina.es/
Un film sur la relation compliquée entre Loïe Fuller et sa protégée et rivale Isadora Duncan... ★ Abonne-toi à la Chaine ICI ► https://goo.gl/s9jKx8 ★ Rejoins-nous sur Facebook ► https://goo.gl/gT6lJ6 ★ Les Meilleurs films du moment à voir ICI ➨ https://goo.gl/Oq5kUo Rien ne destine Loïe Fuller, originaire du grand ouest américain, à devenir une icône de la Belle Époque et encore moins à danser à l’Opéra de Paris. Même si elle doit se briser le dos et se brûler les yeux avec ses éclairages, elle ne cessera de perfectionner sa danse. Mais sa rencontre avec Isadora Duncan, jeune prodige avide de gloire, va précipiter sa chute. LA DANSEUSE Bande Annonce (Lily-Rose Depp / Soko - 2016) Un film réalisé par Stéphanie Di Giusto Avec Soko, Lily-Rose Depp, Gaspard Ulliel, Mélanie Thierry Date de s...
Interview with famous dancer, Angela Duncan.
Terrific inspiring movie about soul freedoms and social-political fucking barricades.
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Trailer for 'Isadora' by Karel Reisz 1968 starring Vanessa Redgrave as Isadora Duncan
**ENGLISH SUBTITLES AVAILABLE** (I translated it myself so sorry in advance for any inaccuracies) Lily-Rose Depp's French and English Interviews at Cannes Film Festival (2016). She was promoting her new film "La Danseuse" (The Dancer) with co-star Soko. Just to clarify: Lily-Rose is bilingual, she's fluent in both languages since her mom's French and her dad's American.
Recently, I got to spend time in the rehearsal studio with Lori Belilove and her company The Isadora Duncan Dance Company. They were preparing to celebrate Isadora Duncan's 134th birthday and were also very excited about a recent grant from the National Endowment for the Arts that supports the restaging of two rarely seen Duncan dances. Here, Lori talks to me about "The Slow March" created by Isadora after the death of her two children.
The new film, Beyond The Lucky Break, documents and shares the success stories of creative people. Really, that starving artist syndrome is old news. There's so much more out there. And you don't have to be Mapplethorpe, Kanye West, or Isadora Duncan to have a great, artistic life. Visit me at www.beyondtheluckybreak.org to support the film, find out more about me, or suggest artists to interview. Music credit: Lizz Wright "Open Your Eyes"
To celebrate the birthday of Isadora Duncan, The Mother of Modern Dance, who would be 134 years old today ...May 27th, 2011...I spent the day with Lori Belilove and The Isadora Duncan Dance Company... Lori shared with me the story of how she first discovered Isadora Duncan .... her curiousity,her skepticism, and her eventually feeling she had found a "soul sister"
Performing Company Lori Belilove Jeanne Bresciani Barbara Kane Judy Landon Adrienne Ramm Theda Rosenbluth Susan Sparkman Program Director - Julia Levien Lighting - Chenault Spense Stage Manager - Andy Tron Company Manager - Louise Craig Gerber
Many people have posted on Isadora Duncan on You Tube. Some, the footage of her rapturously executing the final few steps of an outdoor performance. Others, photographs of her dancing, images that curiously seem to capture some of the dynamism and modernness of her movement. There is also disputed footage described by some as Isadora dancing at the Parthenon. Given that the Greek ideal was one of her primary sources of inspiration, the temple in Athens would be a likely place for film to be shot. And certainly there are photographs of Duncan in dance pose at the Acropolis. However, the temple in this footage here is obviously not in Athens, as it is low in altitude and there is sea in the background. And there is know reason to suppose the film is of Isadora herself - so perhaps a disci...
Una muy buena interpretación de la "Guarachera", que nunca escuché sino hasta hace poco, sobre la denominada pionera de la danza moderna. Cuando bailó, Te dijeron "ay ves" Ausente como el mensaje de Isadora. Entre el amor Una pasión vivió Y a nadie Se le encadenaba Isadora. El arte que dominó, Cual llama de su placer, El mundo entero animado La aclamó. Isadora Formó la liberación, Isadora Duncan, Leyenda que no murió. Tuvo el encanto, la simpatía, La valentía. La bailarina de una pureza Que no vencía. En las piernas de Isadora, Bailaban, muchas razones, Impuso una nueva moda, Con sus improvisaciones. El ballet que fue su arte, Nombre y fama le ganó, Y el amor fue su estandarte, El hombre fue su pasión. Cuando bailó, Le dijeron tal vez Autentico fue el mensaje de Isadora. En cada ...
Tamara Rojo dances the first two waltzes of Frederick Ashton's one-act ballet Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan, 2004. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/five-brahms-waltzes-in-the-manner-of-isadora-duncan-by-frederick-ashton Frederick Ashton saw Isadora Duncan dance in London in 1921. It was to be one of the most enduring influences on his life. Duncan's freedom of movement, the driven intensity of her dancing and the way in which she seemed to fuse music and dance, were all profound influences on Ashton's own choreographic style. Almost fifty years after seeing her perform, Ashton recalled, 'She had the most extraordinary quality of repose. She would stand for what seemed quite a long time doing nothing, and then make a very small gesture that seemed f...
The first of a series of videos that will educate viewers about who Isadora Duncan was and the dances she choreographed. The series will teach about Isadora Duncan's dance technique and demonstrate the themes about which she danced. Isadora Duncan's choreography as danced by isadoraNOW will be used to demonstrate the technique and the inspiration behind Isadora Duncan's work. As it evolves, the series will elaborate on Isadora Duncan's legacy in the modern dances of today and the work that isadoraNOW does to continue that legacy. Narrated by isadoraNOW director and fifth generation Isadora Duncan dancer, Elyssa Dru Rosenberg. For more information, visit: www.isadoranow.org All photographs of Isadora Duncan and music in this video are in the public domain.
This is the only film that exists of Isadora Duncan’s dancing. It is a few seconds of footage of a recital given outdoors in an open space. A group and men and women sit and stand round the space. They watch the performance and applaud at the end. There are three versions of the footage here. The first is the full version of the film. The second is just a section of the footage but clearer. The third is in slow motion, which gives time to watch Isadora more closely. The music I’ve used here is a waltz by Johannes Brahms. Enjoy!
Performing Company Lori Belilove Jeanne Bresciani Barbara Kane Judy Landon Adrienne Ramm Theda Rosenbluth Susan Sparkman Program Director - Julia Levien Lighting - Chenault Spense Stage Manager - Andy Tron Company Manager - Louise Craig Gerber
Also Known As: The Loves of Isadora A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitudes on free love, debt, dress, and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.
Une conférence de Odette Allard donnée au Regard du cygne (2012) Odette Allard, spécialiste de l’histoire de la danse contemporaine nous raconte avec délectation la révolution apportée par Isadora Duncan et revient sur les origines de la Danse libre. Inspiré de son livre « Isadora, la danseuse aux pieds nus ou la révolution isadorienne ». Plus d’informations sur danserlibre.com
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The outrageous life of the American dancer of the 1920s, Isadora Duncan, whom Ken Russell described as "part genius and part charlatan".
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The film goes inside the life of the famous dancer : Isadora Duncan who changed people's appreciation of ballet. The audience will be surprise with her attitudes about love, debt, friends, job.
"_Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World FlLME Biography 1966_'The outrageous life of the American dancer of the 1920s, Isadora Duncan, whom Ken Russell described as "part genius and part charlatan".
Maria Theresa was one of six "Isadorables" adopted by the Mother of Modern Dance Isadora Duncan. Maria Theresa carried on the work and returned to the "Classical" description of her dance. This is her story as told by her protege, author Pamela De Fina. (Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNUPBkHPHVE&feature;=em-share_video_user)
Well, I have a friend
Knew Isadora Duncan
Yeah, she wore her scarves too long
Hit the gas a bit too strong
She lost her head
Still she saw the glory
Or so goes the story
Hope she was not wrong
She waits underneath electricity
What does she touch?
What does she see?
Isadora Duncan's so free
She is leaping
She is spinning with some urgency fantastic
Outspoken, she is choking as she veers into heavy traffic
Were you listening to the angels between the lines of
your symphony?
Dancing under cobalt-blue skies
Morning star
Free
You taught me well
Loved me even better
Prayed over my fields when they were cold and barren
Yeah, you held the truth from an austere trailor
Shoring up my failure