![]() ![]() Isadora Duncan is known as the creator of modern dance, the “Mother of Dance”īreaking with convention, Isadora traced the art of dance back to its roots as a sacred art. She believed dance was meant to encircle all that life had to offer-joy and sadness. ![]() Isadora Duncan believed her real mission to be the creation of beauty and the education of the young. The Swan Logo, Year of Issue and Designer initials are located on the bottom of the base. Skirt: This specially cut crystal part represents a long skirt that was often used in modern dance to enhance the movements.įeet: Contemporary dancers often dance barefoot.Ĭolour blue (sapphire): The blue scarf and blue crystal stones incorporated into the dress represent elements of water (waves, water droplets), which were an important source of inspiration for Isadora Duncan.Ĭomponents: Isadora is made up of 38 stones unique to Swarovski. Hair: As opposed to classical dancers, modern dancers often leave their hair out, allowing for less convention and restriction. ![]() Scarf: Colourful scarves and other accessories that could be expressive were of great importance to modern dancers. This trilogy was the first time the designs had been produced to represent real people, in this caste the dance Isadora Duncan.Īrms & legs: The movements in contemporary dance are expressive and supple.īracelets: The faceted crystal bracelets are moveable. To support herself, she returned to the stage unsuccessfully in America and then toured Europe once more.Swarovski Magic of Dance – Isadora Duncan Later in her life she opened a dancing school in Moscow where the Russian government promised to provide her with room and board and a schoolroom. However, after the school was built the government did not support her. Her performances were based on interpretations of classical music including Strauss' Blue Danube, Chopin's Funeral March, Tchaikovsky's Symphonie Pathetique and Wagnerian works. She studied for one year in Greece where she purchased Kopanos Hill outside of Athens to construct an elaborate dancing stage. She turned down substantial dancing offers to join Loie Fuller's touring company and toured Budapest, Vienna, Munich and Berlin. Her first professional European performance was at the Lyceum theater in London on February 22, 1900. In 1898 she expanded her dancing career by traveling to London on a cattle boat with her mother, her sister Elizabeth and brother, Raymond. She was also funded by wealthy New Yorkers to give private appearances. She opened In New York as a fairy with August Daly's company in A Midsummer Night's Dream. In 1895 Isadora and her family moved east to pursue her professional dancing career. Her fans recognized her for her passionate dancing and she ultimately proved to be the most famous dancer of her time. She did not believe in the formality of conventional ballet and gave birth to a more free form of dance, dancing barefoot and in simple Greek apparel. Dancing lessons took precedence over formal education however, she read and was inspired by the works of Walt Whitman and Nietzsche.ĪCCOMPLISHMENTS: Isadora is known as the mother of "modern dance," founding the "New System" of interpretive dance, blending together poetry, music and the rhythms of nature. At the young age of 6 years old, she danced for money and taught other children to dance. ![]() Her children, Deirdre and Patrick were tragically and accidentally drowned in 1913 while with their English governess. Later in her life she married Russian poet, Sergei Esenin in 1922 but separated shortly after.ĮDUCATION: As a child, she learned unconventionally to "listen to the music with your soul." Her mother instilled in Isadora a love for dance, theater, Shakespeare and reading. Isadora did not believe in marriage but did have love affairs with stage designer Gordon Graig and millionaire (Paris) Eugene Singer and had a child by each. When the bank fell into financial ruin, he abandoned Isadora's family, moved to Los Angeles where he divorced and remarried again. He supported his family through running a lottery, publishing three newspapers, owning a private art gallery, directing an auction business and owning a bank. When Isadora's parents married, her father was divorced with four children and 30 years her senior. Her father was a poet and her mother was a pianist and music teacher. Dora Angela Duncan was the second daughter and the youngest of four children to parents Joseph Charles and Dora Gray Duncan. ![]()
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