Celebrate Isadora Duncan's 135th birthdaySan Francisco ChronicleDionysian Festival: It's Isadora Duncan's 135th birthday Sunday, and Mary Sano, one of the foremost interpreters of her legacy, presents the 15th annual Dionysian Festival this weekend in honor of the occasion. Sano and her Duncan Dancers, ...
23 May 2012 | 4:11 pm
San Francisco ExaminerContino celebrates release of 'Back Porch Dogma' at Biscuits & BluesSan Francisco Examiner[6 pm, Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St., SF] Dance program: Lois Ann Flood of Diablo Dance Theater explores the artistry and the times of choreographer-dancer Isadora Duncan. [6 pm, Koret Auditorium, Main Library, 100 Larkin St., SF] Baseball family: ...
23 May 2012 | 3:08 pm
Isadora Duncan Dance Company Presents THE ART OF ISADORA Tonight, 5/22Broadway WorldTo coincide with Isadora Duncan's 135th birthday May 26, 2012, Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company honors the mother of modern dance by offering a week of performances tonight, May 22 through May 26. The six performances of the program The ...
21 May 2012 | 9:41 pm
New YorkerGoings On About TownNew YorkerTwo decades before Martha Graham, Isadora Duncan planted the seeds of American modern dance. This charismatic performer saw movement as an expression of the human spirit, and got rid of programmatic music, stiff costumes, and codified technique.and more »
20 May 2012 | 9:03 pm
New York PostIn my library: Allegra KentNew York PostThere's an article about Bob Fosse, some of Isadora Duncan's writing, even something about creating the dances in Disney cartoons. Gottlieb edits my articles for Dance magazine. He's incredible to work with. He hears the music in a sentence. by ...
19 May 2012 | 8:17 pm
Go! Music & Dance calendar: May 11-17Times Herald-RecordKaatsbaan — Skidmore Dance Ensemble presents "Lineage" with historic classic works by Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham and Marious Petipa and contemporary works by Debra Fernandez, Ruben Graciani and Denise Warner Limoli, 120 Broadway, Tivoli, ...
11 May 2012 | 10:32 am
Calendar: What's happening this weekAlbany Times UnionProgram presents historic classic works by Marius Petipa, Isadora Duncan, and Martha Graham along with contemporary works by Debra Fernandez and Ruben Graciani. • Rhythmic Circus, The Colonial Theatre, 111 South St., Pittsfield When: 8 pm Saturday ...and more »
10 May 2012 | 12:08 pm
New York TimesThe Madness That Is Part of Every LifeNew York Times(Interestingly, the two pure-dance parts of the piece, Isadora Duncan-esque solos from Helena Pikon, seem to express something more private and inward.) The ensemble, all brilliant, includes four of the original cast members of “1980” — Lutz Förster, ...
7 May 2012 | 3:27 pm
Ann Smith brings her flexibility message to CarmelMonterey County Herald"My mother was an interpretive dancer during the Isadora Duncan period," Smith said. "She was constantly telling her students that all movement comes from the center. I didn't know what she was talking about when I was a little girl, but it's all about ...
4 May 2012 | 8:46 am
Signature revives a sendup of the 1980 movie musical 'Xanadu'Washington Post... and “Michael Jackson's 'This Is It.' ” But his choreography in “Xanadu” “is the most atrocious ever on film,” declares Gardiner, who aims to blend in his choreography, per the playwright's instruction, “Isadora Duncan and the Solid Gold Dancers.
4 May 2012 | 8:23 am