![]() Bresciani was trained by Maria Theresa Duncan, one of Isadora’s adopted daughters, with whom Bresciani performed and studied from 1975 to 1986. The dancers will breathe new life into the Isadora Duncan repertoire, re-staged by Artistic Director Lori Belilove to the classical music of Chopin, Schubert. Meg holds an advanced certification in Duncan dance, and her additional teaching certifications include Noyes Rhythm. Word Dance Theater’s Duncan lineage is traced directly from our mentor, Jeanne Bresciani, Director of the Isadora Duncan International Institute. The Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation (IDDF) was founded by third generation Duncan dancer, Lori Belilove to expand public awareness and understanding of the legendary American dancer Isadora Duncan. She is a founder and steering committee member of the Isadora Duncan Inte rnational Symposium chair of the Isadora Duncan Archive Committee and a former member of Lori Belilove & Company, Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation, NYC. ![]() She sought a movement vocabulary that would illuminate the human. The motto of the school was “The highest intelligence in the freest body.” Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), often called the mother of modern dance was born in San Francisco and went on to liberate dance from the confines of the ballet of her time, shedding slippers and corset to combine the use of simple, natural movement with a vibrant musicality. Isadora’s sister, Elizabeth, was in charge of the day-to-day curriculum. Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company, New York, NY. The first iteration of the Isadora Duncan School of Dance was founded in Grunewald, Germany in 1904. She was a Duncan teacher at the Maria-Theresa School' NYC, 1937-1946 a teacher of Creative Dance for Children, NYC, 1960-1966 a member, Isadora Duncan-Maria-Theresa Heritage Group, NYC, 1977-1981. ![]() She was among the first to raise interpretive dance to the status of creative art. Her artistry and genius inspired many of the artists of her time and for generations to come, helping to shape the world of performing arts as we know it today.Įducation of children through the art of the dance was the foundation of Isadora’s vision. Her dance debut with Maria-Theresas Helcionades was in 1934. Isadora Duncan was an American dancer whose teaching and performances in the late 19th and early 20th century helped to free ballet from its conservative restrictions and presaged the development of modern dance. ![]() Throughout her career she challenged the cultural restrictions of her day in order to create a dance-form based on the natural movements of the human body and self-expression-a concept that was unheard of at the time. Angela Isadora Duncan (May 27, 1877-September 14, 1927), the “Mother of Modern Dance,” was a visionary choreographer and dancer who performed her avant-garde technique to worldwide acclaim. ![]()
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