Overview

Part artistic study, part intimate memoir, this book illuminates the technique and repertory of American dancer Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) and her enduring legacy from the perspective of an artist and scholar who has reconstructed and performed her work for 35 years. Providing an overview of modern activities and trends in the teaching and performance of Duncan's dance, the author describes her own work directing The Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble, the company that sought to implement Duncan's mission to create not a school of dance but ""a school of life.""

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Author:   Andrea Mantell Seidel
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.376kg
ISBN:  

9780786477951

ISBN 10:   0786477954
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   14 December 2015
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. First Principles: From Breath to Organic Motion 2. Dancing Innocence and Awakening: Childhood and Youth 3. Training for Dance and the Dance of Life 4. Beingness and the Art of Enlightened Performance: Ave Maria 5. Enlightened Performance and Dancing the Chorus: Blessed Spirits 6. The Art of the Solo Dancer: The Brahms, Chopin and Gluck Dances 7. Dancing Community and Joy: The Strauss Waltzes 8. Apollonian Form, Beauty and the Natural Body 9. Dancing the Ecstasy of Dionysus: Bacchanal 10. Dancing the Music 11. Dancing Tragedy and Triumph: Mother, Revolutionary and Nocturne 12. Women Warriors: Dances of Revolutionary Russia Epilogue. The Dancer of the Future: Onward into the Light Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

Reviews

In a seamless narrative, Seidel weaves accounts of Duncan's life, philosophy, and art through relevant dance scholarship and Seidel's own dance experiences to offer a heart-felt tribute to Duncan, an inspiring gift to fellow Duncan followers, and a compelling invitation to Duncan dancers of the future. -- Kimerer L. LaMothe, author of Why We Dance: A Philosophy of Bodily Becoming and Nietzsche's Dancers: Kimerer L. LaMothe, author of Why We Dance: A Philosophy of Bodily Becoming and Nietzsche's Dancers: Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, and the Revaluation of Christian Values.

Author Information

Andrea Mantell Seidel is a professor emeritus of dance, associate professor of religious studies and former founding director of the Intercultural Dance and Music Institute of the Latin American and Caribbean Center at Florida International University. She lives in Miami.

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