1. Biography of Isadora Duncan
Isadora Duncan was born in San Francisco and grew up within a family for which playing music, reading poetry and dancing were common activities. ... She started off taking ballet classes but learned that she hated ballet, arguing that she wants to create a different dance, free from the classical ballet and closer to her nature. ... Duncan often performed to Romantic music and was said to "electrify the space in her solos.... For music she chose Beethoven, Chopin, Wagner, who were great romantic composers who had never previously been used for the dance stage. ... Timeless and mature wor...
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