Today is Isadora Duncan's birthday. This remembrance came to me via D.C.-based choreographer Vladimir Angelov and I thought it was too beautiful to keep to myself. Thanks to Vlad and George Jackson for passing this on.
Writer, art aficionado and friend of Isadora, Mary Fanton Roberts wrote:
"I recall one memorable time when a little party of us were together
at a studio luncheon in New York, and both Isadora and Nijinsky were
there. After the table had been cleared away, some one played the
piano. I cannot recall who it was, but it was one of the great men
playing divinely. And Isadora and Nijinsky danced together -- Isadora
creating the dance as the music flowed from the piano, and Nijinksy
dancing with her as though he had rehearsed each entirely new measure
for weeks. It was an amazing performance -- Isadora's extraordinary
power of instantaneous creation and Nijinksy's sensitive response to
her mood and to the music."
And here is the only extant film of Duncan dancing.
Photo from: http://www.danceoremusdanse.org/isadoraGallery.html
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