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Isadora Duncan .
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Isadora Duncan was at the forefront of modern dance and created a new idea of movement. With the progressiveness of Duncan's mind and body, she was born to dance.
She was born in 1877 in San Francisco, California. She was raised by a single mother who, as a pianist and music teacher, was a large artistic influence on her life. Isadora was raised to be independent and individualistic. She dropped out of school at age 12 and began teaching dance at age 15. Isadora made everyday movements into dance. A lot of her technique focused on the childlike body. Running, skipping, leaping, and falling were all common in her choreography. Her technique also had a large focus on breathing and how breathing naturally changed and effected movement.
The largest effect Duncan had on modern dance was rebelling against restraints. She was the first dancer to remove the corset and shoes. She wanted to expose the natural body. In order to do so she replaced the corset and point shoes, with flowing clothing and bare feet.
Isadora's career took her all over the United States and the world. When she first started out she moved to New York and Chicago, but it was not long before her career took her all through Europe. She was a sensation in Europe and a spectacle to be seen. Her movement was defying the idea of what was considered dance and breaking the rules of ballet. She was an inspiration to audiences as well as other artists. Her new, popular movement is what gained her the name "Mother of Modern Dance."
For more information on Isadora Duncan's early life and career, visit http://www.biography.com/people/isadora-duncan-9281125#schools-and-isadorables
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As we can see that Isadora Duncan likes dancing very much.
ReplyDeleteDuncan was a great innovator. She didn't want to be stuck in restrains, so she gave up ballet and created her own dance, which was considered as the origin of modern dance. Duncan was such a woman who liked freedom so much, using all her dances to wave to freedom. There was no doubt such an artist would be loved by the whole world.
ReplyDeleteIt is so amazing to me that you can trace so much about American modern dance back to one person. Her decisions to remove the shoe and corset were ground breaking, not even to mention what she did with movement styles. We have so much to thank her for.
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