Isadora Duncan in the 21st Century: Capturing the Art and Spirit of the Dancer's Legacy
by Andrea Mantell Seidel
Part artistic study, part intimate memoir, this book illuminates the
technique and repertory of American dancer Isadora Duncan (1877–1927)
and her enduring legacy from the perspective of an artist and scholar
who has reconstructed and performed her work for 35 years. Providing an
overview of modern activities and trends in the teaching and performance
of Duncan’s dance, the author describes her own work directing The Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble, the company that sought to implement Duncan’s mission to create not a school of dance but “a school of life.”
Video:
Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company 2013-2014 Season Highlights
Notes:
Use of the solar plexus and the breath as the center of movement (Mantell Seidel 31)
Attention to the wave and the undulating line when the body is in motion (34)
The wave is not only essential principle in the movement of the upper body, but also in relation to isolated parts such as he foot and the thigh (37).
The Elgin Marbles
The Parthenon Marbles also known as the Elgin Marbles, are a collection of Classical Greek marble sculptures made under the supervision of the architect and sculptor Phidias and his assistants. They were originally part of the temple of the Parthenon and other buildings on the Acropolis of Athens. The Elgin Marbles were use by Duncan as reference when designing the lines of the body in movement, "seeking to discover how to make movements that would communicate, as she thought this figures did, the beauty and holiness of a human body" (LaMoche 113).
Reference
by K. LaMothe
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