Stamps are miniature works of artEnterprise NewsIn the Postal Service 2012 Stamp Program, baseball star Ted Williams, film director John Huston, dancer Isadora Duncan and poet EE Cummings all are honored. So too are significant moments in American history. Two of the prettiest stamps are the Cherry ...and more »
4 February 2012 | 5:06 am
Jin Xing: The lady from ShanghaiMetro.usReturning home, Jin had sexual reassignment surgery, and she now runs a dance troupe based in Shanghai, choreographing in styles ranging from Isadora Duncan to Pilobolus, with stops in between at Humphrey-Weidman, Martha Graham and various tropes of ...and more »
3 February 2012 | 7:09 am
OPERA REVIEW: 'Salome' holds the eyes, ears in bold San Diego Opera stagingNorth County TimesCurran choreographed a homage to the trailblazers and pioneers of American modern dance, weaving bits from signature dances of Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, Doris Humphrey and even their successor, Martha Graham, into the solo.
2 February 2012 | 1:21 pm
Big BAM TheoryCU Columbia SpectatorIts ideal guest list might include Gertrude Stein, Isadora Duncan, and Sufjan Stevens—just a few of the acclaimed performers to grace its stage over the past 150 years. BAM, which proudly holds the title of America's oldest performing arts center, ...
27 January 2012 | 3:51 pm
5 Things You Need to Know Today: Jan. 27Patch.com... the historic origins of ballet's body positions all peppered with fascinating stories from the lives of ballet's great choreographers and dancers including Marius Petipa, George Balanchine, Sergey Diaghilev, Isadora Duncan, Anna Pavlova, ...
27 January 2012 | 1:08 am
'Lost Bohemia' tracks end of an era at Carnegie Hall studiosWilton BulletinIsadora Duncan danced, Mark Twain wrote, Leonard Bernstein composed and Marlon Brando practiced his lines, when they lived in an artists' enclave above Carnegie Hall — like a hidden Bohemian village. In 1895, Andrew Carnegie and the Art Students ...
26 January 2012 | 2:16 pm
In this week's Wilton BulletinWilton Bulletin• Imagine being neighbors with the likes of Leonard Bernstein, Isadora Duncan and Marlon Brando. What once was at Carnegie Hall is no more. • Strokes are preventable. Presentations in town focus on how. • Dreading pollen season?and more »
26 January 2012 | 4:07 am
The Japan TimesFamed photog Hori's works found in SaitamaThe Japan TimesKYODO Ichiro Hori (1879-1969), who lived in New York for about 30 years from 1901, was a successful photographer known for portraits of such world-class artists as dancer Isadora Duncan, who pioneered modern dance, and Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, ...
25 January 2012 | 3:51 pm
A walk in the Luxembourg GardensBoone County JournalPerhaps the woman is Isadora Duncan, a 23-year old American who, after arriving in Paris in 1901 with her family, soon garnered enormous attention for her free-spirited performances of Greek and Florentine dances. Thrilled to be in “the City of Light, ...
25 January 2012 | 8:48 am
Now On: Dance Your Life Away at the Centre PompidouAbout - News & IssuesA quote at the door by dance icon Isadora Duncan captures the spirit of the artists featured here, who lived their life through movement: "My art is just an effort to express the truth of my being in gesture and movement. From the first, I have only ...
17 January 2012 | 10:59 am