My Life [Paperback]

The visionary choreographer and dancer Isadora Duncan (18771927) not only revolutionized dance in the twentieth century but blazed a path for other visionaries who would follow in her wake. While many biographies have explored Duncans crucial role as one of the founders of modern dance, no other book has proved as criticalas both historical record and vivid evocation of a riveting lifeas her autobiography. From her early enchantment with classical music and poetry to her great successes abroad, to her sensational love affairs and headline-grabbing personal tragedies, Duncans story is a dramatic one.Fascinating, even sensational reading.Isadora was a wildvoluptuary, a true revolutionary. She flouted every tradition. . . . She aloneand unhelped changed the direction of her entire art.For dance aficionados, Isadora Duncan's memoirIt is a splendid book, an inspiring book, doors and windows and eyes and arms wide open to the world.One of the great documents of early-20th-century bohemianism and radicalism& A welcome new edition of a classic.A remarkable account of a wildly artistic life, finally restored to its unexpurgated form, with a revealing new introduction by Joan Acocella.