Books: Shooting bullets at the ballet Her art created modern dance, and her life scandalised four continents. Richard Canning rediscovers a dangerous diva; ISADORA: THE SENSATIONAL LIFE OF ISADORA DUNCAN Peter Kurth Little, Brown, pounds 25, 652pp

The Independent - London | February 16, 2002| | Copyright

Born in 1877 in San Francisco, Isadora Duncan led an uncharmed but exemplary life. In 50 years, she saw and did as much as any of her artistic peers. Her triumphs and discontents resonated across four continents, and she settled in New York, Athens, Paris, London, Berlin and Moscow.

Many have written of the woman who invented modern dance with her "natural" movement and revolutionised traditional ballet, which she considered "an expression of degeneration". Of those authors, Isadora alone was not enthralled by her subject. Shortly before her death, compelled by poverty, she allowed the ...

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