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DUNCAN,
Isadora (1878-1927)
Dancer, born in San Francisco, CA
Isadora
Duncan, arrived in France in 1900, at the age of 22. She records that she
used to dance in the gardens of the Luxembourg Garden (6th) in the summer
when it opened at 5 a.m. She took a large studio with her brother Raymond
Rue de Villiers (17th). There she gave concerts, dancing barefoot in her Greek
tunic. In 1909, she took two large apartments at 5 Rue Danton (6th). She lived
on the ground floor and used the first floor for her dance school. On January
27 1909, acompanied by her students, she danced Iphigénie by Gluck at the
Théâtre de la Gaieté (14th). The ballet was an outstanding success. When the
Théâtre des Champs-Elysées was built, in 1913, her face was carved in the
bas-relief by Antoine Bourdelle and painted in the murals by Maurice Denis.
In
1919, she bought a house Rue de la Pompe (16th) and rebuilt her school of
dance. In 1926, she moved to Rue Delambre (14th). She danced for the last
time in Paris at the Théâtre Mogador (9th) in 1927. She was 49. She returned
to Nice where she was killed when her scarf got caught in the wheel of her
open car. She is buried in the Père-Lachaise cemetery (20th) with her two
children.
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