Isadorables
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The Isadorables, also known as the Isadora Duncan Dancers, were a group of six young girls, Anna Denzler, Maria-Theresa Kruger, Irma Erich-Grimme, Elizabeth Milker, Margot Jehl, and Erica Lohmann, who
The six Isadora Duncan Dancers in 1919
Anna c. 1920
Modern dance
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Modern dance is a broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance which includes dance styles such as ballet, folk, ethnic, religious, and social dancing; and primarily arose out of Europe and the
Isadorables
…Irma falsely claimed, "This was done legally through the New York courts," even though no adoption ever took place. The girls, mostly German, danced in modern style (they were known as "Barefoot" and "Aesthetic Dancers") between 1905 and 1920. They emerged from Duncan's established schools, then had careers with…
Martha Graham in 1948
Isadora Duncan in 1903
Dancer at the Laban school, Berlin 1929
Martha Graham and Bertram Ross in 1961; photo by Carl van Vechten