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 ix
... dancers as to breed souls. She told her students, “You are walking slowly towards the light” She spoke constantly of her “Idea,” without specifying what that was. Her good friend IVIax Eastman, editor of The Masses, wrote of the ...
... dancers as to breed souls. She told her students, “You are walking slowly towards the light” She spoke constantly of her “Idea,” without specifying what that was. Her good friend IVIax Eastman, editor of The Masses, wrote of the ...
Pagina xii
... dances on the lawn. In 1903 the family finally went to Greece. After gasping over the Acropolis, they journeyed out to an adjoining hill, to find a piece of land where they might build a temple of their own. Isadora describes how, as ...
... dances on the lawn. In 1903 the family finally went to Greece. After gasping over the Acropolis, they journeyed out to an adjoining hill, to find a piece of land where they might build a temple of their own. Isadora describes how, as ...
Pagina xiii
... dances. Afterwards we were to refresh ourselves with a modest bowl of goats milk. The mornings were to be devoted to teaching the inhabitants to dance and sing. They must be made to celebrate the Greek gods and give up their terrible ...
... dances. Afterwards we were to refresh ourselves with a modest bowl of goats milk. The mornings were to be devoted to teaching the inhabitants to dance and sing. They must be made to celebrate the Greek gods and give up their terrible ...
Pagina xiv
... Bach, Gluck, Ghopin, Beethoven, Wagner—partly because she had good taste but also, I believe, to present her dances in a context of majesty and thus legitimize them. (This use of concert music in conjunction xiv INTRODUCTION.
... Bach, Gluck, Ghopin, Beethoven, Wagner—partly because she had good taste but also, I believe, to present her dances in a context of majesty and thus legitimize them. (This use of concert music in conjunction xiv INTRODUCTION.
Pagina xvi
... experience. If, however, she had few predecessors, she soon had imitators. In the early twentieth century, not just professional dancers but also girls on college lawns across America were skipping around in xvi INTRODUCTION.
... experience. If, however, she had few predecessors, she soon had imitators. In the early twentieth century, not just professional dancers but also girls on college lawns across America were skipping around in xvi INTRODUCTION.
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