It is said that her dancing style should not be associated with a lack of study or reflection about her art. Among what is easily available, the following might be the only sample in which we can see her actually dancing: It is difficult to find videos of Isadora. There were neither strong contrasts nor shrillness in the dynamics of movement” (personal translation from the Spanish in the book: Danza moderna y contemporánea. She’d lean, kneel and fall with lilting movements. The face and neck were mobile and expressive the torso was freed completely and flexible. Her hands and fingers could take many different positions, according to the intensity of the expression, but would never follow preconceived or artificial shapes. There were no poses and movement was mainly undulating and fluid, round and more symmetric than asymmetric. The arms were extended freely without any defined position. ![]() She’d raise legs forwards with bent knees, the foot without extension of the instep, the head tilted. She based her dancing experience in a slight intensification of natural movements: slight runs, no big extensions of the legs, no big jumps. “Her dance lacked of all kind of technical virtuosity, as well as of any traditional ballet steps. History tells us that her lyricism, vitality, charismatic personality and own sense of the ‘natural’, gain her to be taken in by Europe as a fresh and new message. Visiting London, Paris, Berlin, Greece and Russia, she performs, creates schools and dedicates herself to the contemplation and study of the ancient Greece collections displayed in museums. ![]() She travels to Europe, where she’ll be more celebrated than at home and lives the essential part of her career. This is how she starts an artistic research and journey that will last till the end of her life. She takes ballet classes but rejects them soon, arguing that she wants to create a different dance, free from the conventions of classical ballet and closer to her temperament. She expresses her inclination for dance from the very early age of five and since then she achieves to gather other kids to give them dance lessons. Isadora is born in San Francisco and grows up within a family for which playing music, reading poetry and dancing are common activities. Isadora Duncan Photos Courtesy of the Isadora Duncan International Institute, Inc., New York, New York.
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