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Life into art : Isadora Duncan and her world / edited by Dorée Duncan, Carol Pratl, and Cynthia Splatt ; foreword by Agnes de Mille ; text by Cynthia Splatt.

Title
Life into art : Isadora Duncan and her world / edited by Dorée Duncan, Carol Pratl, and Cynthia Splatt ; foreword by Agnes de Mille ; text by Cynthia Splatt.
Publication
New York : W.W. Norton, c1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Duncan, Dorée.
  • Pratl, Carol.
  • Splatt, Cynthia.
Description
199 p. : ill. (some col.); 26 cm.
Summary
  • The mother of modern dance and a pioneering feminist, Isadora Duncan was a legend in her lifetime and has been a myth since her death. This book reveals the woman in photographs and works of art, combined with an insightful text.
  • For Duncan, "Life is the root, Art is the flower." This book attempts to distill the essence of that flower through photographs, sketches, and portraits. The result is a virtual Duncan museum and art gallery. As Agnes de Mille notes in the foreword, "not one foot of film exists of this great dancing, of our greatest original, and the pictures in this book... are therefore important." The trifold text spans Duncan's life (1878-1927) and career, including her childhood and early years as a dancer, her attempts at establishing a school, the tragic loss of her children, her later years, and her untimely death. This work will be accompanied by a traveling exhibition, which opens in Moscow and is slated to travel to Paris and New York. Although words and pictures can never fully capture the art that is dance, this rich and detailed book comes very close. For all dance and performing arts collections. -- Review from Library Journal by Carolyn Mulac.
Alternative Title
Isadora Duncan and her world
Subject
  • Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927 > Pictorial works
  • Dancers > United States > Biography
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • Pictorial works
  • Pictorial works.
Note
  • Includes index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword / Agnes de Mille -- Preface / Cynthia Splatt -- Acknowledgments / Doree Duncan -- pt. I. Lyrical: 1877-1903 -- pt. II. Dramatic: 1903-1913 -- pt. III. Heroic: 1913-1927 -- Color Plates.
ISBN
0393035077 :
LCCN
^^^93001737^
OCLC
  • 28016277
  • SCSB-12755351
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library