Title: Isadora : a sensational life /
Authors: Kurth, Peter.
Publisher: Little, Brown, and Co.,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Duncan, Isadora,; Dancers United States Biography
Abstract: Presents a biography of the pioneer of modern dance offering a dramatic portrait of her sensational and turbulent life, chronicling her many love affairs, passionate devotion to dance, and personal tragedies.
Contents: pt. I. The happier age of gold: 1877-1904. A baby Bolshevik -- "I dreamed of a different dance" -- Flying eastward -- London -- Paris -- Germany -- Myth -- pt. II. Twin souls: 1904-1907. Teddy and Topsy -- "Your Isadora" -- Their own sweet will -- Maternity -- Breaking stones -- pt. III. Passion and the storm: 1907-1914. Pim and pure pleasure -- Daughter of Prometheus -- To love in a certain way -- One great cry -- The rock of Niobe -- pt. IV. Decrescendo: 1914-1921. Dionysion 1915 -- South America -- "I tell you she drives 'em mad" -- Sunk in sorrow, tossed in joy -- The bad fairy -- pt. V. Russia: 1921-1924. Comrade Duncan -- Wayward child -- "How Russian! How Russian!" -- Just a wee bit eccentric -- Genius and kaputt -- pt. VI. "Sans limites: 1924-1927. Love and ideals -- Seraphita -- The ride to glory.