Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts

Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Isadora and a chorus of Greek boys

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Isadora with a chorus of Greek boys and profesor of Byzantine Music (left). Elvira Studio, c.1903.
During the pilgrimage to the Grece Isadora once heard a beautiful  voice of a child and then the other  two voices joined to that one. For good singing,the dancer decided to give to boy coins , which led to increasing number of boys. At that moment she came up with idea to resurrect the ancient Greece chorus. With a help of contest she took 10 most vociferous boys. Also Isadora hired a seminarian who was proffesor of Byzantine music to teach those children choruses of "The Suppliants" Aeschylus. Duncan dressed them with sandals and tunics.

Tuesday, 26 August 2014

Isadora Duncan dancing

This are the only two footages of dancing Isadora that survived. It is known, that there was another footage, on which  was filmed Isadora'a dance  and last days of her life. It was shown in Russia, in 1928 under the title "The last days of Isadora Duncan".The further fate of this film is uknown.