ANNA DUNCAN: She was just as famous for dancing barefoot in diaphanous robes as she was for her radical ideas about the relationship between the sexes. A fearless advocate of women’s rights, Isadora Duncan’s dance and her ideas caused a moral outcry. Her independence as a woman and a dancer, a thinker and an activist has seen Isadora Duncan become one of the greatest legends of the twentieth century. She changed society, the theatre and dance. Young Anna Denzler from Switzerland was one of Duncan’s first pupils. She became one of the six “Isadorables”, a famous group of girls who took Duncan’s name and were known as her daughters. Anna Duncan dedicated her life to Isadora and her dancing. The exhibition is based on the Dance Museum’s Anna Duncan extensive archive of photographs, drawings and costumes. This exhibition takes us through the life of a young woman and the changing fashions of modern dance with one of the pioneers of feminism. The exhibition is accompanied by the publication of a new book:
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