Isadora Duncan - Dance Pioneer
Witness History
BBC
4.5 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2018
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Sometimes called the 'Mother of Modern Dance' she was born and brought up in the USA. Isadora Duncan performed across Europe in the early 20th Century, and her free-flowing movements caused a sensation among dancers and choreographers alike. Simon Watts brings together archive accounts of the dancer whose private life was almost as controversial as her dancing.
Photo: Isadora Duncan. Credit: Getty Images
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| 1:09.1 | History Podcast, Witness with me Simon Watts. Today I'm using the BBC Archives to tell the story |
| 1:16.4 | of Isadora Duncan, the pioneering modern dancer and celebrity, her free-flowing |
| 1:21.8 | movement and outrageous private life revolutionized the world of dance. |
| 1:27.0 | In the early 1900s, an American dancer called Isadora Duncan caused a sensation across Europe. |
| 1:38.0 | A transformation took place when she began to move. |
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