Aisedora Dunkan i vokrug - Iushkova E.

The book is dedicated to the dancer Isedore Duncan (1877-1927) and various aspects of her perception in Russia of the early 20th century, the United States during World War I and the USSR of the 1920s, as well as the image of a dancer in modern culture. The book touches on issues related to Duncan's creative legacy and the preservation of "free" dance for a century. Readers are presented with the materials found in the archives about the people who surrounded Isedor in the last years of her life, the testimonies of her Moscow school (1921-1949); the author introduces into circulation some sources that are not accessible to the Russian public. The book is addressed to fans of dance and creativity Duncan, researchers of Russian and Soviet culture.