My Life (Revised and Updated)W. W. Norton & Company, 27 mei 2013 - 368 pagina's A remarkable account of a wildly artistic life, finally restored to its unexpurgated form, with a revealing new introduction by Joan Acocella. The visionary choreographer and dancer Isadora Duncan (1877–1927) not only revolutionized dance in the twentieth century but blazed a path for other visionaries who would follow in her wake. While many biographies have explored Duncan’s crucial role as one of the founders of modern dance, no other book has proved as critical—as both historical record and vivid evocation of a riveting life—as her autobiography. From her early enchantment with classical music and poetry to her great successes abroad, to her sensational love affairs and headline-grabbing personal tragedies, Duncan’s story is a dramatic one. My Life still stands alone as “a great document, revealing the truth of her life as she understood it, without reticence or apology or compromise” (New York Herald Tribune). Now, in this fully restored edition, with its risqué recollections and fervent idealism, My Life can be appreciated by a new generation. |
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Pagina viii
... Greek-nymph look, but in fact Duncan had already developed her style by the time she saw any Dalcroze demonstra— tions. If anything, Dalacroze was influenced by her. Furthermore, eurhythmics really was, as DalcroZe said, a system of ...
... Greek-nymph look, but in fact Duncan had already developed her style by the time she saw any Dalcroze demonstra— tions. If anything, Dalacroze was influenced by her. Furthermore, eurhythmics really was, as DalcroZe said, a system of ...
Pagina ix
... Greek tunics, struck poses modeled on ancient sculpture and thereby portrayed human emotions. Almost all these tributaries of early modern dance were subdivisions of the health reforms and the idealism of the fin de siecle. So was ...
... Greek tunics, struck poses modeled on ancient sculpture and thereby portrayed human emotions. Almost all these tributaries of early modern dance were subdivisions of the health reforms and the idealism of the fin de siecle. So was ...
Pagina xii
... Greek art—notably, Greek sculptures of dance. (In this, as with the tunic, she was no doubt influenced by Delsarte.) lsadora and her brother Raymond, once they reached Europe in 1899, spent whole days studying Attic sculptures and vases ...
... Greek art—notably, Greek sculptures of dance. (In this, as with the tunic, she was no doubt influenced by Delsarte.) lsadora and her brother Raymond, once they reached Europe in 1899, spent whole days studying Attic sculptures and vases ...
Pagina xiii
... Greek manner, and in more authentic clothes? How did they expect these people to earn a living? Furthermore, what arrogance. They knew more about being Greek than the Greeks did? (As for greeting sunrise with ecstatic dances, Isadora ...
... Greek manner, and in more authentic clothes? How did they expect these people to earn a living? Furthermore, what arrogance. They knew more about being Greek than the Greeks did? (As for greeting sunrise with ecstatic dances, Isadora ...
Pagina xiv
... Greek boy—sopranos. The boys hated the experience. They didn't understand why restaurants outside Greece served such peculiar food. Duncan says that they threw beefsteaks at the waiters and, at night, snuck out of the hotel to go to ...
... Greek boy—sopranos. The boys hated the experience. They didn't understand why restaurants outside Greece served such peculiar food. Duncan says that they threw beefsteaks at the waiters and, at night, snuck out of the hotel to go to ...
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