The Revolutionary: On Isadora Duncan and Edward Gordon Craig

Authors

Jennifer A. Buckley, University of IowaFollow
Lori Belilove, Isadora Duncan Dance FoundationFollow

Abstract/Synopsis

Jennifer Buckley interviews dancer, choreographer, and teacher Lori Belilove on Isadora Duncan’s practice and legacy. Belilove argues for Duncan’s modernism, and emphasizes her impact upon Edward Gordon Craig’s developing aesthetic and his career. This edited transcription of their conversation takes its point of departure from Craig’s portfolio of six drawings of Duncan in action, Isadora Duncan: Sechs Bewegungsstudien, Insel Verlag, 1906. Belilove sees both Craig and Duncan as poised between late Victorianism and modernism, and she contends they shared a modernist impulse toward abstraction. Belilove also comments on her own practice as a performer and as a teacher passing on Duncan dances and technique to twenty-first century dancers.

DOI

10.5642/mimejournal.20172601.04

First Page

17

Last Page

25

Rights

© 2017 Jennifer Buckley and Lori Belilove

Terms of Use & License Information

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Recommended Citation

Buckley, Jennifer A. and Belilove, Lori (2017) "The Revolutionary: On Isadora Duncan and Edward Gordon Craig," Mime Journal: Vol. 26, Article 4. DOI: 10.5642/mimejournal.20172601.04
Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/mimejournal/vol26/iss1/4