Facts about Isadora Duncan

Isadora Duncan died at 50 years old
Born: May 26, 1877
Best known as: Free-spirited modern dancer of the early 1900s

     

Isadora Duncan Biography

Isadora Duncan was a pioneer of modern dance in early 20th-century America. She is often credited with moving dance away from strict formal structures and toward more free-flowing forms of personal expression. She wore Grecian-style gowns, often performed barefoot, and startled audiences by employing such everyday human movements as skipping and running. Isadora Duncan is also remembered as an early feminist; among other things, she did not believe in marriage and bore two children out of wedlock by two different men. She was killed in a freak 1927 accident when her long scarf became tangled in the rear axle of her automobile.


     

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