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  Isadora Duncan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Isadora was born in San Francisco, where she lived with her mother Mary.
Isadora Duncan was cremated, and her ashes were placed in the columbarium of Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
Isadora and Duncan are quite unlucky, which is a reference to Isadora Duncan's ill-fated life.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Isadora_Duncan   (1408 words)

  
 isadora-duncan
Isadora's speech in 1903 received a great deal of publicity and there was an outpouring of support for her ideas.
Isadora Duncan was born in San Francisco on May 26, 1877, as the fourth child of Joseph Duncan and wife, Mary Isadora Grey.
Isadora did not speak of 'Duncan Dance.' She spoke simply, with great reverence, of 'The Dance.' The art of the dance was sacred for her.
www.meaus.com /isadora-duncan.htm   (2715 words)

  
 Isadora Duncan Biography
Isadora Duncan was born in Oakland, California in 1877.
Isadora's genius was appreciated by her family when she was very young, but her revolutionary ideas on dance were not well accpeted in America.
When Isadora was in her teens, the family moved to Europe, where her genius was recognized.
www.dancewriting.org /library/duncan/prelude/prelude03.html   (339 words)

  
 About Isadora Duncan
Isadora Duncan dancing in Theater of Dionysus, photographed by her brother Raymond during their visit to Greece in 1903.
Isadora was a thinker as well as poet, gifted with a lively poetic imagination, a radical defiance of "Things as they are," and the ability to express her ideas with verve and humor.
To best understand Isadora, she was a theorist of dance, a critic of modern society, culture, education and a champion of the struggles for women's rights, social revolution and the realization of poetry in everyday life.
www.isadoraduncan.org /About_Isadora/about_isadora.html   (268 words)

  
 Isadora Duncan biography
FAMILY BACKGROUND: Isadora was the second daughter and the youngest of four children to parents Joseph Charles and Dora Gray Duncan.
When Isadora's parents married, her father was divorced with four children and 30 years her senior.
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.
www.lkwdpl.org /wihohio/dunc-isa.htm   (622 words)

  
 Isadora Duncan 1878-1927
Isadora was a quaint child, a strange mixture of practical common sense and worldly sophistication, and she was a dreamer like her father.
"Isadora Duncan," he proclaimed, "seems to me as innocent as a child dancing through the garden in the morning sunshine and picking the beautiful flowers of her fantasy." So the master politician became poet, and Isadora danced and was forgiven her sins.
Isadora Duncan, the rebel, had won her rebellion and lost all that was worth the fight.
www.sfmuseum.org /bio/isadora.html   (2870 words)

  
 Isadora Duncan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Isadora danced for many audiences, and they thought she was a 'nice' dancer, but her style of dance and costume were not accepted in the theater world.
Isadora danced for hundreds and hundreds of people all over Chicago and New York City, but just as soon as Isadora was popular, she became unpopular, and her family was broke again.
Isadora also finally gained acceptence in the United States, after President Theordore Roosevelt said she was, "as innocent as a child".
www.whyville.net /smmk/whytimes/article?id=185   (447 words)

  
 Isadora (1968)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
ISADORA is one of those exquisitely produced big studio films of the late 60s that had a major release for 3 months and then vanished off the face of the earth forever.
ISADORA may have been more financially successful than some mentioned above and it did have a huge impact on the beautiful Art Nouveau decor revival of the 60s (Art Deco ate the 70s..or vice versa).
The look for the film was a sensation and the impact on teenage girls and their mothers was undeniable, all having a huge impact on free form ballet classes (nymphs and Grecian urns and veils) so hilariously satirized in THE BOYFRIEND in 1972.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0063141   (411 words)

  
 Isadora By Peter Kurth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
From the time of her birth, through her many highly public love affairs, to the tragic deaths of her children, to her own unseemly, and highly dramatic death, Isadora's life was filled with both joy and tragedy.
ISADORA: A Sensational Life also includes many fascinating photos of Isadora, her lovers, her children, and the many famous portraitures created by her famous artists friends and lovers.
ISADORA: A Sensational Life, is a book that will capture your interest and your heart, as you read her account and the accounts of her many friends and lovers, of the pain she endured when she lost her children so suddenly.
www.myshelf.com /biography/02/isadora.htm   (285 words)

  
 Isadora   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Isadora is a flashy chestnut, with plenty of substance, energy, and athleticism.
Several weeks later, Isadora was free jumping five feet with more than a foot to spare.
Because of her still young age, and her incredible breeding, we've decided to breed her this year to ensure we continue the sucess of Isadora.
www.sabirsprings.com /isadora.htm   (286 words)

  
 TroikaTronix
Isadora is a graphic programming environment for Macintosh (with a Windows version now in public beta) that provides interactive control over digital media, with special emphasis on the real-time manipulation of digital video.
Isadora was designed by composer and media artist Mark Coniglio, and as such, it reflects over 10 years of practical experience with realtime interaction.
Isadora offers numerous was to get render your video: in real-time to an external monitor or video projector, to a DV Camera (MacOS X only), or even to render its output to a movie.
www.troikatronix.com /isadora.html   (1361 words)

  
 Macworld: Review: Isadora 1.0
Isadora allows you to manipulate prerecorded and live media—either with programmed effects and controls or on-the-fly via input from a keyboard or a mouse, a MIDI device, a microphone, or a video camera.
Isadora’s workspace has three panes: a Toolbox, which lists the various modules; a Scene Editor, where you arrange modules and create links to make them work together; and a Scene List, a row of buttons that allow you to jump from one scene to another.
Isadora ships with more than 100 ready-made modules—everything from basic effects (Chroma Key, Colorize, Crop, and more) to complex options such as Eyes (which lets you control your media with the brightness of a camera’s live video stream).
www.macworld.com /2004/09/reviews/isadora/index.php   (729 words)

  
 IsadoraDuncan Dance Ensemble
The genesis of the Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble began in 1990 at a concert at the University of Miami’s Gusman Concert Hall.
The young girls were auspiciously the same age as Isadora’s young company members when they made their debut in these same dances in the early l920’s.
She liberated the body from the unnatural constraints of the corsets, tutu’s, toe shoes, and rigid postures of early 20th century ballet and defied the social and moral conventions of her day.
www.miamidance.com /Isadora.htm   (1335 words)

  
 IsaDora
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 Dancer History Archives by StreetSwing.com - Isadora Duncan - Main Page
Isadora was born in San Francisco, California to Irish parents.
Isadora had a daughter named Deidre with Gordon Craig out of wedlock.
The Duncan Sisters consisted of Isadora, Irma and Anna who all danced together for a time.
www.streetswing.com /histmai2/d2duncn1.htm   (320 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Isadora / Movie: Video: Karel Reisz,Vanessa Redgrave,John Fraser,James Fox,Jason Robards,Zvonimir ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Cast against type--and against the reality of the real Isadora, who was small and round as opposed to tall and thin--Redgrave triumphs--capturing the dancer's youthful naivete and the tragic flaws that made the dancing icon a self-parody near the end of her life.
Isadora has the most unexpected end that your mouth will be wide open even after the credits have stopped (providing you don't know much about Duncan, then your mouth will be open until the credits appear.)
Much is made of Isadora's grief over the death of her children in a car accident.
www.amazon.com /Isadora-Movie-Karel-Reisz/dp/6301024427   (2324 words)

  
 Isadora 1.1.7 - VersionTracker
Isadora is a graphic programming environment that provides interactive control over digital media, with special emphasis on the real-time manipulation of digital video.
Isadora enables the creation of powerful real-time media manipulation just by linking pre-defined modules together.
Try teaming Isadora up with JunXion (http://www.steim.org), a Mac program that translates output from USB Game Devices such as Joysticks and Wireless Game Pads into Midi data, and you suddenly have real-time media manipulation from a whole range of remote activators and sensors.
www.versiontracker.com /dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14119   (190 words)

  
 Isadora Duncan - Movie Info - Moviefone
Synopsis: Not to be confused with the lavish 1968 biopic Isadora, the fl-and-white Isadora Duncan was produced in 1966 for BBC television.
"Isadora", the ambitious movie bio of famed early 20th Century dancer Isadora Duncan, opened in 1968 to mixed reviews and poor boxoffice.
Isadora Duncan - Cast & Crew, movie showtimes, plot, synopsis, exclusive features, trailers, clips, theater listings, reviews, message boards, dvd, videos, rentals and more on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /movie/isadora-duncan/1087023/main   (166 words)

  
 The Lemony Site - Lemony Links - Isadora Duncan
Isadora Duncan was a famous dancer from San Francisco, California.
Isadora Duncan Centre de Recherche sur la Danse
Next to Isadora Duncan's house is the fire station...
whoswhohp.tripod.com /lemony/site/isadoraduncan.html   (80 words)

  
 Isadora Duncan International Institute, Inc.
On May 19th, 2005, the Isadora Duncan International Institute, Inc. presented an evening of music and dance to benefit the Reinstatement of The Delphic Games at The Benjamin Executive Suite Hotel.
The Isadora Duncan International Institute, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization committed to the enhancement of education through movement and the arts, drawing from the ideals and principles of Isadora Duncan.
Founded in 1977 by Maria-Theresa Duncan (Isadora's adopted daughter) and Kay Bardsley, Executive Director, the IDII continues Isadora's legacy through its educational programs for children and adults, performances around the globe and preservation of historic and unique archival material.
www.isadoraduncan.net   (302 words)

  
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Angela Isadora Duncan was born in 1877 in San Francisco, California.
Returning to New York City in 1898, Duncan left the Daly company and began performing her solo dances at the homes of wealthy patrons.
Calling their program "The Dance and Philosophy," Isadora and her older sister Elizabeth offered society women an afternoon of dance pieces set to Strauss waltzes and
www.pitt.edu /~gillis/dance/isadora.html   (729 words)

  
 Media/Technology | Isadora
Created by Troika Ranch Artistic Co-Director Mark Coniglio, Isadora is a graphic programming environment that provides interactive control over digital media, with special emphasis on the real-time manipulation of digital video.
An Isadora program is created by linking together graphically represented building blocks, each of which performs a specific function: playing or manipulating digital video, capturing live video, looking for MIDI input, controlling a DV camera, etc. By linking the modules together you can create complex interactive relationships.
All of these effects can be controlled in real-time via MIDI, which is why we have made it the engine for visual manipulation in our live performance works.
www.troikaranch.org /isadora.html   (132 words)

  
 eBay - VHS: Isadora (UPC: 096898051934)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Reisz uses a variety of camera techniques, which never distract, but capture the full range of Duncan's dancing, which was celebrated for it's flowing free form and condemned for it's almost orgiastic suggestiveness.
Above all, it is Redgrave's performance as Isadora that is at the heart of the film's success.
Isadora Duncan An Intimate Portrait 1994 VHS Nude
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 Isadora Duncan Dancer
Isadora Duncan and researched the music used in many of her dances.
Isadora Duncan’s Brahm’s Waltzes and her students performed The Children’s Dances by Isadora Duncan.
The stage production, "The Story of the Legendary Isadora Duncan" was a wonderful program with great music, storyline, and all the children of all ages ranging from three years old to early teens did a wonderful performance.
home.att.net /~karinschoolofdance   (2469 words)

  
 isadora rhythmic gymnastics
Over the years Isadora Rhythmics has been the home of 6 US National Team members who have competed internationally; and has had several gymnast qualify for the Junior Olypmic Regional Team.
Isadora offers gymnasts a choice of two quality programs: A recreational prgram which allows the gymnast to learn rhythmic skill in a safe and fun enviornment.
Recreational students perform in exhibitions at schools, community events, and malls throughout the year.
www.isadorarhythmics.com   (129 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Isadora / Movie: Video: Karel Reisz,Vanessa Redgrave,John Fraser,James Fox,Jason Robards,Zvonimir ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Karel Reisz - Director, Melvyn Bragg - Writer, Melvyn Bragg - Writer, Margaret Drabble - Writer, Isadora Duncan - Writer, Clive Exton - Writer, Sewell Stokes - Writer, Raymond Hakim - Producer (producer), Robert Hakim - Producer (producer)...
There was an earlier film version of Isadora's life, done for the BBC by Ken Russell.
As a dancer, Isadora was unique although hardly a pivotal figure in the history of dance.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6301024427?v=glance   (2345 words)

  
 Isadora Duncan International Institute, Inc.
Isadora Duncan, The Art of The Dance, p.
Check back soon for more pictures and quotes of Isadora Duncan
©2004 Isadora Duncan International Institute, Inc. Images may not be copied or reproduced without written consent.
www.isadoraduncan.net /gallery_2.html   (171 words)

  
 Isadora - Movie Info - Moviefone
Synopsis: Vanessa Redgrave stars in this film biography of the free-spirited modern interpretive dancer Isadora Duncan.
Trained in classical dance, Duncan shattered the traditional conformities in her art and...
Isadora - Cast & Crew, movie showtimes, plot, synopsis, exclusive features, trailers, clips, theater listings, reviews, message boards, dvd, videos, rentals and more on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /movie/isadora/1017849/main   (160 words)

  
 Isadora Books, Book Price Comparison at 130 bookstores
When Isadora Duncan was a young child, her mother brought her for ballet lessons.
Isadora Duncan; her life, her art, her legacy: Illustrated with photos.
Search Isadora from UK database and other international databases.
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 Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation - Home
The Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to extending the dream, dance, and indomitable spirit of Isadora Duncan to generations yet to come.
The Foundation supports the work of its resident dance company, Lori Belilove and Company.
The company offers hundreds of performances annually of Isadora's original choreography as passed down through generations of Duncan dancers in addition to new works, educational workshops and creative programming that nurtures the soul and lifts the spirit.
www.isadoraduncan.org   (109 words)

  
 Isadora
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