From: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbiannewsmagazine) | Date: December 25, 2001| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2001 Liberation Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Isadora: A Sensational Life * Peter Kurth * Little, Brown * $29.95

At the turn of the last century she was living at times in near poverty, but by 1902 Isadora Duncan was capturing the world's imagination. The 20-something American maverick became known for her immodest tunics as she danced in the salons of Paris for artists, intellectuals, millionaires, and royals. But from the first, her fame amounted to much more than notoriety. Duncan's anticlassical expressionist dancing was nothing less than an artistic and cultural revolution.

Nearly a quarter century later, George ...