The quality of the dance suggests quiet enjoyment in an agreeable environment. Isadoras dance addresses the myth of Narcissus and Echo, including a lovely interlude with Narcissus looking at himself in the pool of water. Expressive arm and upper body movements dominate. In the version danced by Hortense Kooluris, too, there is tender warmth in the rubato stepping, which underlies the waltz rhythm. Dates / Origin Date Created: 1990 - 1999 (Approximate) Library locations Jerome Robbins. I realized that Isadora never threw away inventions of her past (as in the Furies and Scriabin Revolutionary Etude, yes, and Margherita Duncan telling me that it was really an encore dance, done with just received roses which she stripped as she danced. Additional title: Blue Danube waltz (Choreographic work : Gamson after Duncan) Names Gamson, Annabelle (Choreographer) Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927 (Choreographer) Taipei Institute of the Arts, Dance Dept (Performer) Collection. Then I did it with Anna, and then with Irma, each one just slightly different, especially in the middle section, and then from memory of Isadora's picture in 1898 doing the 'Rubáiyát' with petals strewn on the floor and the body turned, arching over the shoulder. The Three Graces are the three aspects of Aphrodite (1: JOY of the radiance that flows out to the world, 2: SPLENDOR, represents the energy returning to the deity, and 3: ABUNDANCE, unites the two.) and the rhythm of her energy going forth in the world, coming back. Washington DC: The National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1994.Ībout the Brahms-it happens to be one of the first Duncan dances I learned as a child from my teacher, who danced it with Theresa and saw Isadora dance it. Original choreography by: Isadora Duncan Reconstructed versions by Hortense Kooluris and Riva Hoffman. 1975 at the State Opera House, Hamburg, using only one Brahms Waltz, Op.

Reconstructed by Hortense Kooluris and Julia Levien. It originated as a short gala piece for Lynn Seymour, premiered 22 Jun.

Isadora duncan dance narcissus waltz