Isadora Duncan

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Angela Isadora Duncan (May 26, 1877, or May 27, 1878 – September 14, 1927) was an American-born dancer and choreographer, who was a pioneer of modern contemporary dance and performed to great acclaim throughout Europe and the United States. Born and raised in California, she lived and danced in Western Europe, the U.S., and Soviet Russia from the age of 22. She died when her scarf became entangled in the wheel and axle of the car in which she was travelling in Nice, France.

Read on Wikipedia · Image Isadora_Duncan_portrait.jpg: Dover Street Studios, 38 Dover Street, Mayfair, London, UK. Active 1906–c.1912.[1] Distributed in the U.S. by Charles L. Ritzmann, photographer and importer of celebrity…, Public domain