Isadora Duncan, often called the “mother of modern dance,” led an adventurous life. The tragic heroine was known for ethereal performances in flimsy costumes, scandalous love affairs, and the death of ...

Last weekend marked the anniversary of the birth of modern dance pioneer and Oakland native Isadora Duncan. Duncan was born 135 years ago, on May 27, 1877, the youngest of four children, raised by a ...

The work of a 20th-century dance innovator inspires four women of the present day in this film, composed like a piece of music by Damien Manivel. By Glenn Kenny Jérôme Bel has decided, for ecological ...

Isadora Duncan’s willful genius as a dancer and a choreographer was built on a very limited technical base, perhaps the most limited for any major figure in theatrical dance after Loie Fuller, the ...

Sweeping nostalgia meets occult menace in this three-part homage to dance pioneer Isadora Duncan Isadora Duncan was a founding figure of modern dance. Replacing ballet’s pointe shoes, tutus and ...

Meeting Lori Belilove, founder of the Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation, can be eerie for anyone familiar with the mother of contemporary dance. Both women were born in the San Francisco Bay area. Both ...

Some life stories were made for the stage, and the dance legend Isadora Duncan's was one of those. She was born in San Francisco in 1877 to a free-spirited, atheist mother and a father who made and ...

Rising star Lily-Rose Depp has joined the cast of Stephanie Di Giusto’s directorial debut “The Dancer,” a 19th-century drama based on the life of American performer Loie Fuller. Depp will topline ...

Los Angeles is famous for its movie premieres. In recent years, the vitality of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and the Los Angeles Opera Company have also attracted their share of premieres.