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“The Dance of the Future, I see America Dancing, and Richard Wagner” by: Isadora Duncan

What is Dance?. “The Dance of the Future, I see America Dancing, and Richard Wagner” by: Isadora Duncan. Presentation by: Andrew Giles and Francesca San Roman and Edited By: Laura Pratt and Dr. Kay Picart. The Dance of the Future.

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“The Dance of the Future, I see America Dancing, and Richard Wagner” by: Isadora Duncan

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  1. What is Dance? “The Dance of the Future, I see America Dancing, and Richard Wagner” by: Isadora Duncan Presentation by: Andrew Giles and Francesca San Roman and Edited By: Laura Pratt and Dr. Kay Picart

  2. The Dance of the Future • “So you see that to convince people, I am of little value and ought not to speak. But I am brought from the seclusion of my study, trembling and stammering before a public and told to lecture on the dance of the future.” (262) www.seminaire-sherbrooke.qc.ca/.../ D/duncan.htm

  3. Sources of dance • What si the real source of dance? • “We do not stand on the beach and inquire if the ocean what was its movement in the past and what will be its movement in the future” (262) • -If animals are put under false restrictions, they lose the ability to move in harmony with nature; same with civilized man…

  4. Is ballet a true expression? • -Ballet goes against the will of the individual, the movements are unnatural. www.mnstate.edu/.../ kandinskyannotations4.htm

  5. Duncan’s hopes for dance instruction • What did Duncan want to teach about movement? www.lpm.com.br/ lpm-po5.htm

  6. Ballet VS New Dance • Dancing school of the future is to show the ‘ideal form of woman’. (264) • Question of ballet vs. new dance was one whose ramifications went beyond dance. . .

  7. Discussion question • Is Dance a natural expression of the soul through the body, or a disciplined practice meant to be aesthetically pleasing to the audience? www.cariboo.bc.ca/.../ Digests03Nov3/Heather

  8. I See America Dancing • Inspired by Walt Whitman to see a new American expression. • “ . . . I, too, had a Vision: the Vision of America dancing a dance that would be the worthy expression of the song Walt heard when he heard America singing.” (265)

  9. Jazz-- the great American music? -What did Duncan believe about Jazz and dance? www.sc.edu/.../collection/ dustjackets/jazz.html

  10. Discussion question • This was written in 1927. Do you believe the music she speaks of has been invented yet? Will ever be invented? www.librairie-chatrian.com/ varietes-et-style-...

  11. Discussion question • In Duncan’s eyes, could Wagner have created the new American expression, since she believed his work- transcended boundaries?

  12. Works Cited •  Ed. Marshall Cohen, and Roger Copeland. What is Dance? New York: Oxford UP, 1983. • www.seminaire-sherbrooke.qc.ca/.../ D/duncan.htm • www.mnstate.edu/.../ kandinskyannotations4.htm • www.lpm.com.br/ lpm-po5.htm • www.cariboo.bc.ca/.../ Digests03Nov3/Heather • www.sc.edu/.../collection/ dustjackets/jazz.html • www.librairie-chatrian.com/ varietes-et-style-... • hem.passagen.se/.../ romantic/richard_wagner.htm

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