Isadora Duncan's influence on dance in Russia

Article Abstract:

The history of Russian dance cannot ignore the contribution of Isadora Duncan. Duncan began her career in the country during the 1920s and received public acclaim for her performances. Her unconventional style of dancing and daring attitude was at once appreciated and criticized by critics. Duncan inspired the foundation of the Rabenek company that performed abroad too. By 1949 Duncan could not withstand social and official criticism against her and this was the end of Duncan dance in Russia which was revived only during the latter part of the 20th century.

Russia, Popular culture, Dancing, Dance

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Isadora Duncan, Berline and Munich in 1906: just an ordinary year in a dancer's career

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Isadora Duncan had by 1906 reached the status of artistic institution in Germany. Both Berlin and Munich, the two centers of art in general and dance in particular in Germany, were familiar with her and she had given frequent performances in both cities. The critics, none of them specializing in dance, approached the field from the other arts but took the dance very seriously. Duncan's unconventional lifestyle was considered private and not presented for public consumption. How the critics received her in 1906 is treated in some detail.

Performances, Modern dance

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Expanding horizons: Techniques of choreo-graphy in nineteenth-century

Article Abstract:

The diversity and complexity of approaches used in the representation of dance production choreography in the nineteenth-century are described. The choreo-graphics of the nineteenth-century ballet masters were highly eclectic and highly idiosyncratic and their notational formats had to cope with a dance scene that had increased in both the technical complexity of its movements and the depiction of stories and characterizations.

History, 19th century AD, Choreography, Dance production

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