Isadora Duncan

First principles

Isadora Duncan used her imagination and artistry to intuit first principles for dance. She found them in Ancient Greek ideals.

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Isadora Duncan in the Parthenon, Athens

Edward Steichen, Photographer 1921

Georgia Welles Apollo Society

More images by Steichen of Duncan at the New York Public Library, Jerome Robbins Dance Division at the Library of Performing Arts

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