Isadora Duncan - Maenod

[mya72424]

My name is Isadora too! I am serious and I am not lying

[mya72424]

My name is Isadora too! I am not lying

[SarahLorraine7]

I do apologise, I'm new to modern dance, but would someone be able to tell me the underlying story of this piece?

[zapwhampow]

Unbelievably excellent! Isadora Duncan was my late mother's favorite dancer and she danced in the style of Isador in her youth during the 20's and 30's. She showed me how Isadora danced and I have rarely seen it done as well as you dance it. Many mistake it for mere skipping and jumping or, even worse, remain stiff jointed and ballet -like. You are so light and free, your torso so flexible! I'm favoriteing your video. If anyone wants to see how Isadora danced, you're it!

[dariavision]

@zapwhampow wow. thank you. i'm so honored by your comments. i worked really hard to prepare for this performance and I'm so glad that its being enjoyed in the world wild web!

[isadorasfootsteps]

The music is by Brahms, Waltz Op. 39 No. 11.

[truelifestyle123]

Isadora Duncan was a wanna be ballerina who couldn't hack the training so she invented whatever the crap that is to make up for what she couldn't do

[broadwaybaby33]

@truelifestyle123 I'd like to see you watch a performance with the Martha Graham Dance Company and then take a class. Martha grew out of this generation of dancers, and Martha's technique requires just as much strength as ballet (I've studied both) if not more. 

[Aearowynd]

@truelifestyle123 Spoken by a true illiterate! I applause you!

[teocalmeida]

@truelifestyle123 saying your comment is idiot would be a huge compliment for your intelect

[shelaghmckenna]

This is the best interpretation of The Maenad that I have seen. True to Isadora. Brava!

[shlerz4]

What is the name of the song and by which artist??

[flan1111]

I agree dariavision...thankyou

[yelloworangered]

Perfectly beautiful. You have the lift and lightness, yet the weight of a real person. Thank you. I for the first time have glimpsed what a stunning revelation it must have been for Duncan's first audiences, when dancing consisted of high kicks and frilled skirts. You appear as the spirit of the music, as Isadora wished a dancer to be.

[dariavision]

Thank you SO much :)

[ZomBEEandJesus]

Again with the weight thing. You and I have clear different views as to what a dancer should look like

[yelloworangered]

Yeah, you see, I have seen many photos ofDuncan, read her dance theory, and spent a deal of time on her work. I dislike little skeletons flipping about, true, most ballet dancers nowadays are far too thin to look human in my opinion. Even the dancers in the Trocadero are more appealing to my eyes as ballet dancers. There's a moment of beautiful achievement when the dancer is of normal weight that isn't there with anorexic gymnastics. But that's just my opinion on the matter, of course.

[dariavision]

interestingly enough my costume is hiding the fact that i had a BMI of probably less than 18 in this video and my PCP frequently insists that i have an eating disorder tho i do not. i think i need a new video recorder :)

[yelloworangered]

I'm glad you replied. I do dislike "pinhead" dancers, but what I meant was that your weight falls through your body and into the floor. Most dancers (ballet training?) rigidly hold themselves up by the solar plexus and pretend they touch the ground occasionally by choice. Your dance in this piece works from the ground upward, as if the earth is a friend and not the enemy. This I believe to be the Duncan ideal. Still not sure I have made my point well, but I'm running out of characters.

[dariavision]

you know... that's what i originally thought you meant about "weight"... i really didn't think it was any sort of reference to BMI or pounds until the interaction with ZomBEE. i'm so glad to learn that you were referring instead to the way I dance, because I was extremely honored by your comments. Thank you again.

[yelloworangered]

I can't thank you enough for posting this video. I have read about Duncan for years and pursued some of her method on my own to gain insight. But all the performances I have seen until now have been deeply disappointing. If you are interested in reading a bio of Duncan, the best IMO is by Victor Seroff. He was her last lover, a pianist, and a good writer. Duncan's autobio, it seems, was rewritten after she died. She was half-hearted about writing one any way. Read Seroff's. And thanks again.

[golden2brown]

lovely

[alaine83]

Skipping through a garden in New England. - thats the image i got. beautiful duncan dancing daria. (whoa.. that sounds like a rhyme)