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Dance and Mirrors by Claude Aveline / Bourdelle and the Dance by Michel
Dufet / Letters by Bourdelle and Duncan / Reproductions by Bourdelle
Review
112 drawings and sculptures of Isadora Duncan and Nijinsky by a French
sculptor Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929) who is a pupil of Rodin. Bourdelle
first sees Isadora in 1909. He says, "When Isadora Duncan danced before
me thirty years of my life saw all the chief masterpieces of mankind suddenly
spring to life, in her patterns formed from within by all the drive of
her soul.".
Publisher: Victor Gollancz, London Hardcover: 351 pages ISBN: B000891FZW
British Edition of The Untold Story
Texts are slightly differ from The Untold Story
Publisher: Da Capo Pr; (June 1, 1981) Hardcover: 281 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 9.00 x 1.00 x 6.00 List Price: US$47.00 ISBN: 0306760444
The Untold Story: The Life of Isadora Duncan 1921 to 1927
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Company; (April 2004) Paperback: 328 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 9.00 x 0.73 x 6.00 List Price: US$30.95 ISBN: 1417912197
Table of Contents
Introduction / Isadora the Artist / How I Met Isadora (1901-2) / Our Visit
to Bayreuth (1904) / Helgoland and Venice; My Departure for America (1905)
/ Death of Isadora's Children (1913) / War Time Experiences (1914) / Departure
of Isadora and School from America During War / Isadora in Russia (1921)
/ Isadora's Meeting and Marriage to Yessenin (1922) / Isadora Shows Yessenin
the World (1922) / Isadora returns from America; Yessenin Deported from
France (1923) / Our Auto Trip to Germany (1923) / Mad Life in Berlin (1923)
/ Our Adventurous Return to Paris (1923) / Isadora and Yessenin Arrive
in Moscow (1924) / Isadora Back in Berlin (1924) / Isadora Back in Paris
and Yessenin's Death (1925) / I Join Isadora in Paris (1927) / Isadora
Stranded in Deauville (1927) / Our Last Trip to Nice (1927) /The Famous
Studio at Nice (1927) / Lohengrin (1927) / Isadora Meets Buggatti Again
(1927) / Isadora's Death
Reviews
A casual writer Mary Desti (1871-1931) is one of Isadora's closest friends
and one of the witnesses of her death. According to Desti, Isadora was
writing her Russian and other experiences from 1921 on. However, two days
before the tragic accident, Isadora said to Desti, "You know the rest
of my life as well as I do. Write it yourself. I will not do another line
(xi)." Desti describes their first encounter in Paris in 1901, the
death of Isadora's children and the last years of Isadora's life from 1921
to her death in 1927 to finish Isadora's book. Synopsis
Publisher: Book Guild Publishing (Jan. 31, 2008) Hardcover: 320 pages List Price: UK17.99 ISBN: 1846241863/978-1846241864
Table of Contents
Acknowledgement / Prologue, 1905-21 / The Duncan School: its First Year,
1921-2 / The Duncan School: at Home and Abroad, 1922-5 / Across Siberia
to China, 1926-7 / The Death of Isadora and What Followed, 1927-8 / New
York, New World, 1929 / Fance, Schubert, June-September 1929 / The Most
Important Thing, 1929-30 / In Russia, in Love, 1930-3 / Life Opens Out,
1933-8 / The Absence of War, 1939-41 / Beyond the Steppes of Central Asia,
1941-5 / Leaving for Good, 1945-6 / A Passage to England, 1946 / Epilogue,
1946-2006 / Index
Review
The biography of Lily Dikovskaya (1913-), who used to be a pupil at Isadora
Duncan State School, Moscow
Dikovskaya describes her life events, including lessons with Isadora and
Irma Duncan and tours in Russia, China, Canada and USA as a member of Duncan
Dancers.
Publisher: I. Washburn (1932) Hardcover: 311 pages; 9 illustrations ISBN: B0006ALP5S US Edition
Publisher:Jarrolds, London (1932) Hardcover: 288 pages; 13 illustrations British Edition
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Foreword/ Prelude-Paris, 1916 / Paris during the War / From Paris to New
York / From New York to Buenos Ayres-June, 1916 /Buenos Ayres-July, 1916/
Montevideo-August, 1916 / En Route to Rio / Rio De Janeiro-August and September,
1916/ Ten Years Later-October, 1926 / Epilogue-September, 1927
Review
This book is based on the letters and memories of Maurice Dumesnil who
went to South America with Isadora Duncan in 1916. He says, "The year
1916 was for her the turning-point," and his "chief aim has been
to enable those who have never approached Isadora to gain an accurate conception
and a mental vision of her personality - a queer personality which for
years puzzled, and still puzzles, psychologists (Foreword)."
Table of Contents
Introduction / Kathleen Quilan: When I met Anna Duncan /Chronology / Anna
Duncan: Early Childhood / Hedwig Muller: The Story of the Duncan School
in Germany / Erik Naslund: When Isadora Came to Stockholm / Kathleen Quinlan:
Abraham Walkowitz / Leif Wigh: Portrayer of Fashionable Paris / The Isadorables
/ Toby Quitslund: Arnold Genthe / Kathleen Quinlan: George Platt Lynes
/ Kathleen Quinlan: Nickolas Muray / Julia Levien: Remembering Anna Duncan
(1894-1980) / Edwin Ver Becke: The True Story of Isadora / Anna Duncan:
About Isadora / Anna Kisselgoff: Portrait of Dancer as Artist / Notes /
About the Authors
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press (1966) Hardcover: 352 pages ISBN: B0006BNXFM
Publisher: Ayer Co Pub (June 1, 1980) Hardcover List Price: US$41.95 ISBN: 0836992881
Follow me; The Autobiography of Irma Duncan (Dance Perspectives 21&22) 1965
Publisher: Dance Perspectives, inc (1965) Stapled
ISBN: B0006BMHEK
Table of Contents
Foreword
Part I., 1905-1913: Prelude / Follow Me / Dancer of the Future / The Greatest
Thing in Life / European Tour / Sojourn at chateau Villegenis / Elizabeth
Takes Over / Lesson in the Temple / You Must Be My Children
Part II, 1913-1921: Dionysion / Growing Up / Isadora Duncan Dancers / Demeter and Persephone / The School is Dead, Long Live the School
Part III, 1921-1933: Exile / Little Dividend / A Last Visit / Plough the Ground, Sow the Seed / If You Will Be Faithful / To China and Back / Return to Moscow / Finale / Curtain / The End and a New Beginning
Review
Irma Duncan (1897-1977), one of Isadorables and the adopted daughters of Isadora, describes her life. In 1905, Irma joins Isadora's first school in Gruenwald, Germany. Isadora allows her to teach children dance when she is 15 years old. She goes to many countries to perform with Isadora. In 1921, Irma goes to Russia to support Isadora's school. Irma gets married to Isadorafs secretary and the school manager Ilya Ilyich Schneider (1891-1980). Iram continues to teach in Moscow after Isadora leaves Russia
for Germany to solve the school's financial problem at the end of Sept.
1924. After Irma divorces with Schneider, shegoes on the US and Canadian tour with her pupils from December 10, 1928
to Jan. 24, 1930. Irma decides to stay in USA to teach and perform Isadora's legacy. Irma
opens Duncan Dance School in NYC and works with Anna Duncan. They teacht
many of the third generation Duncan Dancers such as Mignon Garland, Julia
Levien (1911-2006), Hortense Kooluris (Sept. 22, 1914- Feb. 8, 2007), etc. Irma gives her last public performance on Jan 25, 1934 at Madison
Square Garden, NY after her marriage with Sherman Rogers.
In the Foreword, Irma says, "My life with Isadora Duncan dates from
1905, until her untimely end in 1927. This Period covers most of my own
career as a dancer. During all these vital, creative years of working together,
neither of us was able to leave some tangible result of our transient art.
This book must therefore remain the sole, abiding record of my work in
the world of the dance (xi)."
This work first appeared in Dance Perspectives 21& 22 in 1965.
Publisher: New York Public Library (1958) Stapled: 15 pages with 3 photographs of Isadora Duncan and 1 drawing by Jules Grand'jouan ISBN: B0006AVMMY
Publisher: New York Public Library (1959) Stapled: 15 pages ISBN: B0007HT4VM
Review
As the eightieth anniversary of the birth of Isadora, Irma describes Isadora's
activities from her official debut in 1900 to opening her first school
in 1905. Finally, Irma says, "My long dance career has been devoted
entirely to furthering the doctrine and ideals of Isadora Duncan, that
remarkable woman and great American artist, who was not only my inspired
teacher, but also my beloved foster mother (P.15)."
Publisher: Covici Friede Inc. (1929) Hardcover: 371 pages List Price: US$3.95 ISBN: B0006AKKUE
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments / Foreword /Russia 1921-1922 / The American Tour 1922-1923
/ Russia 1923-1924 / Berlin-Paris-Nice 1924-1927
Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd, London (1929) Hardcover: 384 pages
Review
Irma and an Isadora's ex-secretary Macdougall describe Isadora's life from
Russian Days (1921-1922). In the beginning, they say, "We dedicate
this book to the memory of Isadora Duncan and to the memory of her spiritual
sisters Ellen Terry and Eleonora Duse." Some parts are from Isadora's
speeches, letters, newspaper articles, and the drafts of her memoir "My
Life" and unissued memoir "My Two Years in Bolshevik Russia."
Table of Contents
Foreword by Mary Fanton Roberts / Author's Introduction / Walking / Running
/ Skipping / Swingstep / Jumping / Arm Movements / Lying Down and Rising
/ Tanagra Figures / The Waltz / Twirling /The Polka / Gymnastics / General
Rules
Publilsher: John Day/Reynal & Hitchcock (1936) Hardcover: 290 pages
Publisher: Ayer Co Pub (June 1, 1979) Hardcover: 290 pages List Price: 35.95 ISBN: 0405096607
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Early Years in Germany / Jena and Berlin / Old Chinatown / My First Studio
/ San Grancisco / The Bohemian Club / Bohemian Friends / Carmel-By-The-Sea
/ Stars of The Opera / Earthquake and Fire /Sarah Bernhardt / Old Friends
and New / Presidents and Financiers / Auctions, Art Dealers, Collectors
/ The Beauty of Women / Pavlowa, Isadora, Terry, Duse / The Dance / Scenes
in America and Spain / Japan / Greece and Rhodes / Progress of Photography
/ I Have Never Been Bored / Index
Review
A friend of Isadora, Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) is a German-born American
photographer. He recalls his life with his works.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Genthe / On With The Dance by Shaemas O Sheel / Isadora Duncan
School / Maud Allan / Ruth St. Denis and Her School / Lady Constance Stewart
Richardson / Lillian Emerson / Loie Fuller Dancer / The Morgan Dancers
/ Spanish Dancers / The Noyes School / Classic Dancers / Anna Pavlowa /
The Biyar School / Eclectic Dancers
Publisher: Printed by Raymond Duncan (1952) ISBN: B0006AXKAQ
Review
Only 100 copies were published by Raymond Duncan.
Valentine Lecomte started sketching Isadora in 1903 and kept recording
her dance until she died in 1927. This art book includes 47 pencil sketches.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson (1960) Hardcover: 296 pages List Price: US$5.00 ISBN: B0006AW6FQ
Table of Contents
Preface / Part I: America 1878-1899 / Part II: Europe and America 1899-1914 / Part III: Europe-America-Europe 1914-1920 / Part IV: Russia-America-Russia 1921-1924 / Part V: Berlin-Paris-Nice 1924-1927 / Index
Review
Allan Ross Macdugall was a private secretary of Isadora Duncan from 1916
to 1917. He describes her chronological biography.
Publisher: Macdonald & Co (1968) Hardcover: 221 pages ISBN: 0356024369 Language: English
First American Edition: Original text was written in Russian.
Publisher: Harcourt (June, 1969) Hardcover List Price: US$6.95 ISBN: 0151457409
Publisher: Da Capo Press (March 1, 1981) Paperback: 221 pages List Price: US$6.95 ISBN: 0306801426
Review
Schneider is a manager of Isadora during her Russian years. He describes
her activity and love story with a Russian poet Sergei Essenin. He says
that Isadora "tried to find some organic connection between art and
life and the infusion of beauty into life (Da Capo Press: 7)"
Cf. Schneider kept running Isadora's Russian school until the closing in
1948.
Publisher: Little Brown, Boston / Geoffrey Bles, London (1924) Hardcover:
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific (October 14, 2004) Paperback: 512 pages ISBN: 1410216926
Table of Contents
Preface to the First Russian Edition
Artistic Chidhood: Obstinacy / The Circus / Puppet Theatre / The Italian
Opera / Pranks / Studies / The Maly Theatre / My Debut / Actors in Real
Life / Music Dramatic School
Artistic Adolescence: The Alexeyev Circle / Rival / Interregnum
Artistic Youth: The Society of Art and Literature / First Season / A Happy
Accident / Restraint / Two Steps Back Wards / When You Act an Evil Man,
Look to See Where He Is Good / Characterization / New Perplexitties / The
Meiningen Players / Trade Experience / First Experience as a Director /
Personal Success / Lev Tolstoi / Success / Passion for Production Tasks
/ Experiments with Professional Actors / Othello / A Castle in Turin /
The Sunken Bell / A Memorable Meeting / Preparing for the New Season /
The Productions of the Moscow Art Theatre / The Line of the Fantastic /
Symbolism and Impressionism / Intuition and Feeling / Chekhov's Arrival-Uncle
Vanya / The Journey to the Crimea / The Three Sisters / The First Trip
to Petersburg / Performing in the Provinces / Morozov and the New Theatre
/ The Social^Political Line / Maxim Gorky / The Lower Depths / The Line
of Manners / The Costume Drama Line Instead of Intuition / The Cherry Orchard
/ The Studio on Povaraskaya / The First Foreign Tour
Artistic Maturity: The Discovery of Old Truths / The Drama of Life / Ilya
Sats and Leopold Sulerzhitsky / Black Velvet / The Life of Man / A Visit
to Maeterlinck / A Month in the Country / Duncan and Craig / Experimenting
with MY "System" / The Art Theatre's First Studio / Cabbage Parties
and "Chauve-Souris" / The Voice / Revolution / Catastrophe /
Cain / The Opera Studio / Departure and Return / Results and the Future/
Appendix / Notes / Name Index
Reviews
An autobiography of the Great Russian theatrical director Konstantin Sergeeyvich Stanislavsky (1863-1938). In this book, first published in 1924, Stanislavsky tells his early life and thought as an actor and a director. He also describes Isadora Duncan and Gordon Craig as great talents of the time. Editorial Reviews Search Inside! Please type to "Duncan" to read about her in this book.
Cf. Isadora met Stanislavsky in Moscow in 1908. In My Life, she quoted from this book.
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc/ W.H. Allen & Company (1963) Hardcover: 253 pages
Table of Contents
Milwaukee: Appenticeship in Painting and Photography / Europe: A New World
Opens Up / New York: Stieglitz and the Photo-Secession / Introducing Modern
Art to America / World War I and Voulangis / To Greece with the Duncan
Isadorables / Fashion Photography and Fabric Designs / The Theater: Photographing
the Reality Behind the Make-Believe / Introducing Naturalism into Advertising
/On Portraits and Portraiture / New York, Conneticut and Mexico / World
War II: Adventures in the Pacific / The Museum of Modern Art and "The
Family of Man" / The Shad-Blow Tree / Freedom and the Artist / Biographical
Outline and Picture Credits
Review
The biography of a photographer Edward Steichen (1879-1973) including his
works. The Front Cover
Cf. The works of Edward J. Steichen 1(1910), 2(1913), 3(1920), 4(1920)
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing; (March 1, 2003) Paperback: 236 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 0.50 x 11.16 x 8.30 List Price: US$26.95 ISBN: 0766144038
Reviews
A British Sewell Stokes (1902-1979) who became a close friend of Isadora
during the last year of her life describes her portrait. In the end of
this book, Stokes says that Isadora "will have forgotten then what
she said to me shortly before her death, when she seemed to have no friends:
"Why do they always wait till one is dead to send the flowers?(Kessinger
Publishing: P206)" Stokes finished writing this book in October 1927,
and it was first published in 1928. Book Description Seach Inside!
Cf. This book is the original work of Isadora's films: "Isadora Duncan,
the Biggest Dancer in the World (1966)" and "Isadora/ The Loves
of Isadora (1968)." Please check the Video section of this site for those details.
Table of Contents
Biography of Abraham Walkowitz / Isadora, The Artist Daughter of Prometheus
by Marie Theresa Duncan / An Appreciation by Carl Van Vechten / Isadora,
Prophet of the Dance by Arnold Genthe / Remembering Isadora by Mary Fanton
Roberts / The Quality of Isadora's Art by Shaemas O'Sheel / Drawings by
Abraham Walkowitz / Drawings Against War and Fascism by Konrad Bercovici
Review Abraham Walkowitz (1878/80-1965) is a Russian-American Artist. He met Isadora in 1906 and
drew more than three thousands drawings of Isadora through 20 years. This
book includes some essays and criticisms about Isadora's and Walkowitz's
Arts and hundreds his drawings. In the first page, Isadora says, "Walkowitz,
you have written my biography in lines without words. I can pass on (1)."