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Monday, August 6, 2012

Isadora Duncan: revolutionary



As the play begins we 
are in Hollywood, 
where a failed author 
has been offered a 
contract to write a 
film on the life and loves 
of Isadora Duncan. 
Reluctant at first, 
he decides to go ahead 
with the project, 

and as he creates the various scenes which will in time become the movie, 10.69% Returns With Prosper these are acted out by the real-life participants—
including Stanislavsky, 
Walt Whitman, Rodin, Gordon Craig and, 

Isadora Duncan: A Revolutionary Dancer |


 Broad Strokes: The ...



Jun 15, 2012 by Broad Strokes
In the mid-19th century, Lending you the funds you need in just one hour dance was ready for a 
revolution. The ballet theater had been nearly 
reduced to a peep show in Paris by 1850, as is 
reflected in the art of Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, 
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and others ...

of course, Isadora herself. As he probes ever more deeply into the marriages, lovers, and often shocking exploits of her life, the writer comes to regard Isadora as the first modern woman: totally free and unfettered by convention. But, inevitably, the demands of Hollywood must be met, and the truth distorted by the realities of the box office. 
The result is a pitched battle between the now dedicated author and the crass producer—a battle which yields scenes of colorful action and wild hilarity, but which, in the final essence, serves to enhance the timeless image of this uninhibited, deeply creative, and undeniably great artist. google preview

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