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2020
Dear Friends of Duncan Dancing,
Hope you are doing well in this unprecedented time!
The last few months have been 'different' for all of us, but sometimes difficult situations offer us an opportunity to learn and grow in new ways. I have been teaching Duncan dance to students around the world via Zoom, and I have also taken some time to finally learn basic video editing! I started with a few teaching/workshop videos, and then decided to create a series called 'One with Nature', using footage I have taken from special locations in nature. I released the first installment, 'Sandstone Arches' in honor of Isadora's birthday on May 26, and the second installment 'Ocean Cave' last week.
Normally we celebrate each year with the Dionysian Festival at the studio, but this year I hope to honor Isadora's legacy with these videos! More to come!!
"Nature always has been and must be the great source of all art."
Isadora Duncan
Mary Sano
Artistic Director
Mary Sano Studio of Duncan Dancing
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Mary Sano Studio of Duncan Dancing
245 Fifth Street, Studio 314
San Francisco, California 94103
USA
Phone: 415-357-1817
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Teacher Certification In
ISADORA DUNCAN TECHNIQUE
Now Offered Online!
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Teacher Training Open House
This free event via ZOOM is your opportunity to meet Artistic Director
Lori Belilove and ask all your questions
Register Now!
Wednesday April 22nd, 2020 from 6:00- 7:00pm EST
Meeting ID provided after registration
Save your spot by emailing: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Online Teacher Training Workshop
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Join us for the first Online Teacher Training Workshop offered by The Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation.
The workshop is 5 days of training via ZOOM and other online platforms, and includes Isadora Duncan technique classes with Lori Belilove and senior company members, teacher training seminars, video screenings, observation of our online children's classes, curriculum study, a virtual Metropolitan Museum of Art tour, lectures, discussions, closing circle and networking.
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More details to come! If interested in registering contact
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And keep dancing with us...
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Online Duncan Classes with Emily D'Angelo
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All Isadora Duncan Technique classes are Donation-based and hosted by
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Wednesdays 12:00 - 12:30 pm
Take a mid-day break to breathe and flow with Duncan Technique
Saturdays 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Enjoy a full Isadora Duncan Class, rhythmic, athletic, and expressive
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About Your Teaching Artist:
Emily D'Angelo grey up in Montclair, New Jersey where she started dancing in the public school’s performing arts program. She continued her training at Barnard College with a BA in Dance and Education in 2008. Emily first performed with Lori Beilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company in August 2010 and became a full company member in January 2012. Currently, she teaches Duncan technique classes for children and adults as part of the Duncan Foundation’s class offerings in New York City as well as ballet classes in New Jersey. In the Fall of 2014, she assisted Belilove in setting repertory at Randolph College, Franklin & Marshall College, and Johns Hopkins Peabody Prepatory.
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Many opportunities postponed...
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In particular, Lori's Baryshnikov Art Center Residency has been postponed until Fall 2020.
We are all disappointed, but look forward to this future residency.
Our summer workshops are on hold, but we are hopeful - maybe online??
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2019
Thank You For Another Great Year!
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Isadora Duncan is acknowledged and celebrated as the mother of modern dance…yet this seminal figure in dance is not only the wild and uninhibited creature of her reputation, but has been drastically misrepresented and misunderstood. Isadora Duncan needs a revival. That is my mission, born of my love of her dance, and her bold passion for all the arts.
I am compelled to show her work and tell her real legacy.
Isadora Duncan is indeed sensational, passionate, wild and revolutionary, and, in my journey to find out everything I could about her work, I discovered that she was also purposeful and deliberate, with a consistent vision, creating an enduring style, complete with a modern dance vocabulary, and over 80 dances.
Isadora Duncan has not only a past but a future.
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Below: Emily D'Angelo, Sara Mearns, Nikki Poulos
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2019 Was Important!
Imagine Isadora Duncan dancers on stage at Lincoln Center with NYCB principal ballerina Sara Mearns or with a standing ovation of 1,000 dance lovers at Jacob’s Pillow. We received unprecedented acclaim from audiences and critics this year.
In China, we are now engaged with an energetic entrepreneur whose vision is to create Duncan Dance Academies all over China.
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We continue to offer dance educators around the world our certification program in Isadora Duncan’s dance technique and educational philosophy. This year alone we offered workshops in Brazil, Athens, Greece, London, Italy, China, and New York, with invitations to Rome and Munich to follow.
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In New York we held the premiere unveiling of Isadora Duncan’s 1902 handwritten notebook, an astonishing and revelatory manuscript, that sheds light on Duncan’s technique and early ballet training through sketches, diagrams, and text. We are now seeking a publisher.
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Up-coming ?? What’s next in 2020? With the support of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and Mikhail Baryshnikov (BAC residency), I will be unleashing my creativity for new works and reimagined Duncan dances in a program entitled “Wild Beauty” to be produced in 2021 featuring my extra-ordinary Company dancers and distinguished guest performers from world renowned companies.
To build on the energy of our successes I am forming an Isadora Legacy Council, inviting supporters and dance colleagues who recognize the importance of the Duncan legacy to join.
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| Lori Belilove and the 92Y unveil "Exercises for the Dance", A Handwritten Isadora Duncan Manuscript |
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| On Monday October, 28th at 8:00 pm the 92Y Harkness Dance Center and Lori Belilove, Artistic Director of The Isadora Duncan Dance Company, announce the premiere unveiling of Excercizes for the Dance, a revelatory rare manuscript—written in Duncan’s hand— that sheds light on a key stage in Duncan’s career through sketches, diagrams and text. History books have claimed Isadora's work died with her, that her choreographies were not transmittable, and that her technique and style were un-teachable. However, in this brief 16-page notebook, Duncan lays out the five balletic positions and writes about leg extensions, torso bending and folding, and explains the foundations of her skips, waltzes, and turns. |
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| The Duncan Foundation acquired the manuscript at the prompting of Peter Kurth, Duncan's definitive biographer, who urged IDDF director, Lori Belilove and board of directors to reclaim this seminal document, linking the historical facts with her first-known explanations of her dance technique. |
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Lori Belilove comments, “This manuscript shatters misconceptions about Duncan’s technique and artistry, and I’m thrilled to be unveiling it at the 92nd Street Y, which has played a crucial role in the world of modern dance for decades.”
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The Excercizes unveiling is part of 92Y’s Harkness Presents program Goddess of the 21st Century: Transmission of Isadora Duncan Solos featuring dancers Lori Belilove and Sara Mearns performing Duncan solos with pianist Cameron Grant accompanying. Belilove will demonstrate and talk through aspects of Duncan’s technique as described in the manuscript and will show many pages from the notebook featuring Duncan’s text and sketches transcribed from her longhand.
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| Ms. Mearns says, “You feel like a woman doing this solo…I feel independent, and I feel I could be anywhere doing it: a field or in the ocean – anywhere! I feel completely free.” The New York Times. |
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The manuscript was originally written for Stella Campbell (image on left), circa 1902. Campbell was the daughter of Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1865-1940) a famous English actress well known for her brilliant portrayal of Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion, a role created for her by George Bernard Shaw. Campbell saw the 24-year-old Isadora and brother Raymond Duncan dancing in Kensington Gardens and, charmed by their grace and beauty, introduced Duncan to her London society circle and hired Isadora to teach her 18-year-old daughter Stella.
Link to 92nd Street Y Event Page Here.
For More Information on this event visit our website.
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Villa Bardini
hosts the first art exhibition in Italy
dedicated to Isadora Duncan,
Florence, Italy, 13 April - 22 September 2019
https://www.villabardini.it/isadora-duncan-exhibition-florence/
August 1 - 4, 2019 The Place, London, United Kingdom
Registration Now Open
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About the Duncan Symposium in London
Join us for the fourth installment of the Isadora Duncan International Symposium will make its first non-U.S.-based debut in London, England from August 1 - 4, 2019 at The Place, a world-renown modern dance facility. Stay updated through the website!
You will enjoy four full days of master classes, workshops, technique classes, lectures, roundtable and panel discussions, choreographic showings, and more, all as we connect together as a thriving, growing and evolving Duncan Dance community. We will also plan onsite events at important London historical sites, and a fascinating tour of the British Museum that highlights the specific works of art that Isadora studied during her time in London. And as always, we will host several social events so that we can gather together around good food, good drink and great conversation.
For more information, visit the IDIS website here.
Registration Rates
March 1 - March 30, 2019: Early bird period (registration rate at $200)
April 1 - May 15, 2019: Regular registration period (registration rate at $225)
May 16 - August 1, 2019: Late registration period (registration rate at $250)
Due to space constraints at The Place, the number of registration slots is limited. Please sign up as soon as possible to guarantee your spot at the London 2019 Isadora Duncan International Symposium.
Presenters and sessions have been selected and will be officially announced in June.
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Additional Events:*
Thursday, August 1 - Afternoon Tea Welcome Gathering ($30)
Join us on Thursday, August 1 after our tour of the British Museum for a traditional English afternoon tea. Included is your choice of tea, selection of finger sandwiches, scones with clotted cream and jam, and other specialties.
Sunday, August 4 - Farewell Celebration ($30)
Join us on Sunday, August 4 at a local British pub for a "Sunday Roast" which includes your choice of chicken, pork, or beef with veggies, gravy, roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, plus a libation of your choice! Vegetarian options available.
Monday, August 5 - Historic Isadora Walking Tour (limited to 20; $25)
Join Barbara Kane as your guide through London on Monday, August 5 with visits to the Victoria & Albert Museum, Kensington Square Gardens, Lyric, and other theaters where Isadora performed.
IMPORTANT NOTE! *To sign up for these additional events, select your registration ticket and proceed to Checkout. SCROLL DOWN through all the options on the checkout page - these three additional events are listed at the BOTTOM of that page.
Once you complete the initial payment, you cannot come back into your registration and add the optional events after the fact. So ideally, you need to decide now if you want or can do the additional events, before completing your registration and payment.
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Dear Friends and Students of Duncan Dancing,
We hope you are having a great start to 2019 and are enjoying your life!
We would like to let you know about our upcoming workshops in San Francisco (Feb. 16 - 27) and Los Angeles (March 2).
Mary will be teaching these special workshops and we are looking forward to seeing you very soon! These workshops are focused on Duncan technique and concepts that are suitable for all levels of students, so please join us! (Or tell a friend)
Please give us a call or email as soon as possible to enroll.
We are currently scheduling classes for children during these two weeks as well, so please let us know about you and yours.
Please take a look at the flyer below.
Have a wonderful day,
The Mary Sano Studio of Duncan Dancing
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For more information or to enroll, please contact us by email at
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or by calling 415-357-1817
Thank you!
Mary Sano Studio of Duncan Dancing
245 Fifth Street, Studio 314
San Francisco, California 94103
USA
Phone: 415-357-1817
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We have gathered together our year to share with you highlights and extra-ordinary moments. The year began with the invitation from Paul Taylor to bring Isadora's dances to the Koch Theater here at Lincoln Center - a huge success - bringing us a new and diverse dance audience. Sara Means, Principal from New York City Ballet, performed after
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training in the style and learning a suite of solos with Lori Belilove assisted by Company soloists Emily D'Angelo, Hayley Rose Brasher, and Nikki Poulos.
Our Salon performance in May gave each Company soloist her own night to perform the suite of Isadora's solos with NYCB pianist
Cameron Grant..... all this before we took off for China to perform at the huge Poly Theater in Shenzhen, China (one of the fastest growing cities on the planet reports CNN), where we became overnight celebrities. After signing programs for over 200 excited audience members - mother, fathers, aspiring young dance students - we had to stop and be escorted back to our dressing rooms or we would have been there all night!
Next stop, Athens, Greece for a ten-day intensive workshop exploring the ancient sites and dancing daily at Isadora's house - now the Isadora and
Raymond Duncan Research Center. The workshop culminated in an afternoon presentation where Company Dancer Emily D'Angelo and Guest Mayana Magalhaes (from Brazil, and teacher in China at the Duncan Dance Academy) performed an exquisite Narcissus and students relished in performing Duncan repertory learned during the week, closing with a grand improvisation.
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Summer performances of Wild Beauty, our new out-door program series included
Untermyer Estate Park in Yonkers, Greenwood Gardens in Short Hills, New Jersey, and Fort Tryon Park in the Manhattan neighborhood of Hudson Heights and Inwood. The Fall brought us to, yes, Fall for Dance at New York City Center (thank you Stanford Makishi) with a repeat of the suite of Duncan solos, and to quote Siobhan Burke of the New York Times, "... in working with Lori Belilove - who constructed this solo suite based on Duncan's dances to Chopin, Brahms and Lizst - Ms. Mearns has stepped fully, transcendently, into a different kind of spirit..." With these successes behind us we began our fall classes, teacher trainings, rehearsals, and residencies at the McBurney YMCA where we are in residence and proud to be a part of its flourishing dance program. Classes at the Alvin Ailey School for young teens has been most rewarding this year (thank you Tiffany Barnes!), and we are in conversation with The Ailey School Director, Melanie Person, to hopefully set a work on the BFA Ailey dance students next year- repertory choice? The Furies!
For September, the most unusual invitation came from the French choreographer Boris Charmatz to collaborate with his "Museum of Dance" project held at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. Administered and supported by Drexel University (thank you Miriam Giguere!) and The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, I set The Revolutionary on 6 young local dancers for performances at the Barnes Foundation, as part of a 6-hour long "happening" in a section called "The Solo Forest". October brought me to Randolph College for a week residency offering Duncan technique to dance majors. November brought me
back to Brazil to teach a week of master classes for dance teachers and students from all over Brazil as well as my beloved Duncan ensemble who inhale Duncan dances and perform with delight and passion. Under the direction of Fatima Suarez, my long time partner (of 25 years!) bringing Duncan to Brazil, we performed the Homage to Apollo from Schubert's 9th Symp
hony at the gorgeous Castro Alves Theater in Salvador, Bahia. Isadora herself is rumored to have visited in Salvador and given an impromptu performance at a hotel site near the beach.... her spirit lives on!
What's next?
Back to China for December. Since our performances last June, plans are underway for a ten-city tour that will engage a new audience as Duncan Dance Academy grows as franchise
schools open throughout the country. As such, I return for three weeks to begin a new teacher training to prepare Duncan teachers to be ready
to impart the beauty and magic of the work to the children of China.
On-going Teacher Trainings to be Certified by the Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation in the Basic Studies of the Dance of Isadora Duncan are growing. We now have candidates from New York, Brazil, Hawaii, North Carolina, Athens, and China. This has become a mission of mine to expand - with clarity and integrity - the depth and joy of Duncan Dance.
Upcoming performances?
In addition to various public school performances, we will be offering our popular intimate Salon Performances and lecture-demonstrations in honor of Women's History Month March
17-23, 2019. Isadora was an original. We must celebrate her legacy. Below enjoy the following stories, photos, and links to reviews......
Happy Holidays and wishing you creativity, insight, and breath in the New Year, 2019!
Lori Belilove
Artistic Director
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Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company made a splash in Shenzhen, China! After a 16 hour flight to the other side of the world, we were welcomed by our friends & colleagues at the Duncan Dance Academy.
The Company enjoyed six very full days of dance, culture, and food! A Chinese article highlighting the performance stated "They danced like goddesses... Weaving a rich atmosphere of mythology with dance bringing the audience into grand and mysterious ancient Greek epic."A special day was the Intercultural Exchange between the Company and the Shenzhen High School Dance Group - an artistic collision between the East and West! As the high school students try Duncan for the very first time a Chinese article states "They use dance to communicate and feel the beauty of freedom and dance."
Beth Disharoon, Nikki Poulos, Brisa Carrilho in Overture (Gluck) at the Poly Theater performance, Shenzhen, China
The Company enjoyed six very full days of dance, culture, and food! A Chinese article highlighting the performance stated "They danced like goddesses... Weaving a rich atmosphere of mythology with dance bringing the audience into grand and mysterious ancient Greek epic." A special day was the Intercultural Exchange between the Company and the Shenzhen High School Dance Group - an artistic collision between the East and West! As the high school students try Duncan for the very first time a Chinese article states "They use dance to communicate and feel the beauty of freedom and dance."
Lori Belilove and Sara Mearns Photo by Rose Eichenbaum
Lori Belilove staged a suite of Isadora Duncan solos for
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Sara Mearns (NYCB Principal) with live accompaniment by Cameron Grant for the Paul Taylor American Modern Dance 2018 Season at the Koch Theatre, Lincoln Center.
Mearns also won The Bessies 2018 Outstanding Performer and exclaimed Duncan made her"stronger as an artist and stronger as a woman".
Following Mearns' Duncan debut, Company soloists Emily D'Angelo, Nikki Poulos, and Hayley Rose performed the solo suite with Cameron Grant in our annual Salon Series performance celebrating Isadora Duncan's 141st Birthday. Salon evenings also included duet, trio, and group dances to the music of Gluck performed by the Company including Faith Kimberling, Kim D'Agnese, Caroline Yamada, and Rebecca Allen.
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Salon evenings also included duet, trio, and group dances to the music of Gluck performed by the Company including Faith Kimberling, Kim D'Agnese, Caroline Yamada, and Rebecca Allen.
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The Company enjoyed 6 very full days of dance, culture, and food! A Chinese article highlighting the perform-
mance stated "They danced like goddesses... Weaving a rich atmosphere of mythology with dance bringing the audience into grand and mysterious ancient Greek epic."A special day was the Intercultural Exchange between the Company and the Shenzhen High School Dance Group - an artistic collision between the East and West! As the high school students try Duncan for the very first time a Chinese article states "They feel the beauty of freedom and dance."
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Summer Workshop 2018 Athens, Greece
at the Isadora & Raymond Duncan Dance Research Center
Greek culture, its art, mythology, and philosophy greatly influenced and inspired the work of dance icon Isadora Duncan. Invited by The Isadora & Raymond Duncan Dance Research Center in Athens, Belilove offered daily classes and a teacher training.
Travelers from all over the world, including United States, Brazil, Sweden, & Japan, joined Ms. Belilove's morning class at the Duncan Center in Athens. Athenian dancers and educators also fully immersed themselves in the 10-day teaching seminar along with Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation Teacher Training Candidates, who were making their first pilgrimage to Greece.
The seminar included a series of sample classes for local dance students. The children came in with wonderful energy everyday and were always up of the challenge of new movements, new games and new teachers! Mayana, our Brazilian Duncan teacher currently on faculty at the Duncan Dance Academy (China) joined us to train and refresh her studies. Andrea Clinton, Lucia Travaglino, Amy Jacques, Ariel Kleinberg and numerous local Athenian dancers and teachers participated.
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Wild Beauty
Summer Highlights
The company returned to Billings Lawn at Fort Tryon Park and performed in honor of their namesake. The free outdoor performance unfolded the life and art of Isadora Duncan with sensational dancing, delighting audiences of all ages. Next, a special evening at Greenwood
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Photo by Aliza Holt
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Gardens, Short Hills, NJ featuring the enchanting artistry of Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company
whose namesake is the world-renowned dancer widely
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considered to be the inventor of Modern
Dance. The Company
performed a 45-minute dance reflecting the beauty and harmony of form apparent throughout the gardens, a vision that is primordial at its root and universal in its expression. In addition, the dancers provided a demonstration in the garden with tambourines and flowing scarves for the children in attendance. An audience response to performance - "It was magical, moving, and spiritual. It was one of the best events ever held here."
Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company return to Untermyer Estate Park, Yonkers, NY, for an end of summer performance. To retrace history, solo dancers from Isadora's original company have brought their companies to perform at the Untermyer Estate Park in the 1930's. In 1932, under the auspices of the women's division of the Architect's Emergency Committee, Irma Duncan and her Dancers performed for the garden fete benefit performance. Of that troupe of Irma Duncan Dancers three of the four soloists, Julia Levien, Hortense Kooluris, and Sima Borisovana Leake trained and coached Lori Belilove currently the founder and artistic director of The Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation & Company.
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THANK YOU for your continued support!
"The dancer of the future will belong not to a nation but to all humanity."
-Isadora Duncan
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Photo of Emily D'Angelo & Nikki Poulos by Rose Eichenbaum
Photo of Hayley Brasher by Darial Sneed
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"Stoking the Flame:
Isadora Duncan Dance in London"
Isadora Duncan International Symposium
August 1-5, 2019 at The Place in London, UK
Call for Proposals for the 2019 Duncan Symposium
We are now accepting proposals to present at the 2019 Isadora Duncan International Symposium. Presentation at the symposium is open to all practitioners and scholars of Duncan dance and related techniques, including performance, choreography, repertory, education, research and scholarship, criticism, photography, visual and multimedia art and biography. The conference working language is English.
All attendees, including presenters, must register for the symposium. Early registration by March 30, 2019, is $200 for the full event. From April 1-May 15, 2019, symposium registration is $225, and after May 15, 2019, registration is $250. All sessions are open to all attendees. Registration is NOT transferable, and only officially accepted presenters will be permitted to present. Registration will open by March 1, 2019.
The proposal deadline is January 15, 2019.
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FOR POTENTIAL PRESENTERS AND SPEAKERS:
The 2019 Symposium theme is "Stoking the Flame: Isadora Duncan Dance in London, 2019." In August 2019, we gather in London to explore the city where Isadora and her brother Raymond spent countless hours dancing in gardens, studying ancient Greek art at the British Museum, and attracting the attention of British artists and celebrities, including actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell, painter Edward Charles Hallé, and music critic John Fuller-Maitland.
In London, Duncan honed the relationship between her dance and music, beginning the move away from literature and narrative and towards abstraction, a key modernist characteristic. Honoring this movement in dance from the literal to the figurative, we invite presenters to explore the following questions: How is Duncan's use of music innovative and how are we preserving, teaching, and developing musicality in Duncan's work? What is gained (or lost) in Duncan's move away from storytelling structure, or as Peter Kurth notes, "away from a dance that told something--a story or a poem-- toward a dance that rendered it?"* How are we working with musicality, abstraction, and symbolism in our current Duncan dance practices? What elements and principles of Duncan dance are we honing in our contemporary creative practices, and how can we stoke the flame for the future of Duncan dance?
The symposium is an opportunity for Duncan dance practitioners, and practitioners of related techniques, to demonstrate their methods, share important experience and knowledge, and present research and scholarship to a wider international Duncan community. It is also an opportunity for both presenters and participants to learn from each other in practical, theoretical, physical and artistic realms.
In crafting your proposal, please address the symposium theme. We will attempt to accommodate as many presenters as possible. You may submit more than one presentation for consideration. However, the number of slots may be limited due to scheduling and facility availability. Presenters will be notified of proposal acceptance by March 1, 2019, and all presenters must register for the conference.
*Kurth, Peter. Isadora Duncan: A Sensational Life. New York: Little Brown and Company, 2001. (61)
**Please note that the symposium is a context for exchanging ideas and soliciting feedback from peers in the field of Duncan dance. This is NOT a festival or a venue for producing performance work. All choreographic showings, including showings of original Duncan repertory, should be structured with a designated time to invite dialogue and reflection.
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Share the News!
Please forward this email to anyone on your list you think might be interested in submitting a proposal for the 2019 Isadora Duncan International Symposium in London.
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Duncan Dance Workshop with Barbara Kane February 2019
Artemis, Apollo and Schubert - The Andante ‘Ode to Apollo’
Friday 22 February – 6.00 to 8.00 pm – Greenwich West Community and Arts Centre - main Hall
Saturday 23 February – 3.30 to 5.00 pm – as above (earlier in the day 10.30 am to 12) a tour of the upstairs area of Greek Antiquities at the British Museum)
Sunday 24 February – 12.30 to 2.30 pm - Siobhan Davies Studios - rehearsal studio (to be confirmed). Sunday Roast at a local pub.
Monday 25 February – 12.30 to 3.00 pm –Greenwich West Community and Arts Centre - main Hall.
For more information please contact Barbara: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
2018
Dances of Isadora
at Lincoln Center
March 21, 22, and 24, 2018
Check exact times and further information here
THIS JUST IN by Gia Kourlas from The New York Times:
"Duncan's choreography is deceptive: It seems like a barefoot breeze in chiffon, but is full of contrasts and intricate feats of coordination; passages of speed and stillness...In this 25-minute suite of solos - staged handsomely by Ms. Belilove and featuring the pianist Cameron Grant onstage - Ms. Mearns took on one of the biggest challenges of her career." -read the full article
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Lori Belilove and Sara Mearns
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"The Barefoot Ballerina Crashing Paul Taylor's Lincoln Center Season ...performing solos created by early modern dance icon Isadora Duncan as staged by Lori Belilove."
Robert Johnson:
"This season...the troupe will pay homage to Duncan herself, that daring rebel in a Grecian tunic who started it all, so long ago. The Dances of Isadora will be a featured item... Specialist Lori Belilove, herself a windswept beauty, has taught [a series of Duncan solos] to Sara Mearns..."
IDDF Benefit Evening
Saturday, March 24, 2018 at 8:00 p.m.
Benefit seating is
SOLD OUT!
The project is commissioned and produced by Paul Taylor American Modern Dance at The David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center.
Can't make the show this coming week?
Come to our May Salon Performances!
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Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company are celebrating Isadora's Birthday over Memorial Day Weekend. Salon performances will be
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
May 25, 26, and 27, 2018
Featuring Company soloists Emily D'Angelo, Nikki Poulos, and Hayley Brasher, with pianist Cameron Grant, performing Dances of Isadora - the suite of Isadora Duncan solos Lori Belilove staged for the Paul Taylor American Modern Dance 2018 Season
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Single tickets $50|2 tickets $75 --
Limited seating includes wine and cheese reception in the traditional Salon experience of a NYC loft studio.
For tickets & more information please contact us at 212-691-5040or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Want to know more about Dances of Isadora?
The suite of Isadora's solos, as staged by Lori Belilove, captures the essence of Duncan's feisty and romantic nature.
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Dances of Isadora's traces Duncan's early years of moving from her soul to the playful and womanly joy in the waltzes and etudes and mazurkas of Chopin. Death and The Maiden takes her into dark foreboding. Flames of the Heart exposes her struggle with love and art. The tragic death of Isadora's children left her despondent and dancing her lament and grief in Les Funérailles. In an emotive catharsis, Rose Petals concludes the suite with a compassionate love for all. Duncan herself wrote: "All men are my brothers, all women my sisters, all children, my children."
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"The dancer of the future will belong not to a nation but to all humanity."
-Isadora Duncan
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Summer 2017 Isadora Duncan Dance Workshop
August 13-16 at Mills College
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Join us for the Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation's summer workshop in Isadora Duncan's birth state, California! The workshop includes Isadora Duncan technique and repertory classes. Evening activities can include video screening, book discussion, tea with photographer Margaretta K. Mitchell, and a tour of the Berkeley Hills (Greek Theatre-U.C. Berkeley, The Temple of Wings, Berkeley City Club, and other landmarks of historical interest).
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Dates: August 13-16
Location: Mills College in Oakland, California
Description:
Classes will be taught by Lori Belilove, the world's leading teacher and performer of the dances of Isadora Duncan, guest artist Adrienne Ramm, former soloist of The Isadora Duncan Centenary Dance Company, and other guest artists TBA. Students will work to increase their technical and expressive capabilities in a positive and supportive environment. The workshop will provide an immersion into Isadora Duncan technique and repertory.
Students who participate in the entire workshop will receive a Letter of Completion from Lori Belilove, Artistic Director, Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation.
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The workshop begins immediately after the Isadora Duncan International Symposium at ODC in San Francisco.
Schedule is subject to change.
Tuition: $300 for the entire workshop. It does not include travel, housing, or meals.
Space permitting, students unable to attend the entire workshop and/or interested in technique classes only are welcome to technique classes, August 14-16, 10am-12:30pm. It is $30 per class; $100 per day.
To Register:
Download the registration form HERE.
Scholarship:
A limited number of scholarships are available for students of Mills College. To apply,please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. your resume and a letter of intent, stating your dance and/or teaching background and interest in the workshop. Scholarship application deadline is June 1.
Questions?
Please email: tina@isadoraduncan.org or call: 212-691-5040.
Can't make it to California? Join us in New York!
Our summer workshops in New York City will be held June 26-July 1 & July 24-29, 2017. Information to come!
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Mark your calendars and be sure to wear some flowers in your hair, because the 2017 Isadora Duncan International Symposium will be August 10-12th, at ODC in San Francisco.
Register online here!
This will be a wonderful opportunity to hold the Symposium in the city where Duncan was born, coinciding with the 140th anniversary of her birth. The studios at ODC are beautiful, and set right in the Mission in the heart of the city.
We also welcome two new Steering Committee members, Marybeth Hraniotis and Marie Carstens, to our circle. (Read more on the energy and expertise they'll be bringing here)
In the coming weeks, we will be organizing a wider team for 2017. Please let us know if you are interested in getting involved, and of course, stay tuned for more news on the theme, registration, call for proposals, and more.
Warmly,
IDIS Steering Committee
Meg Brooker
Marie Carstens
Valerie Durham
Marybeth Hraniotis
Julia Pond
Jennifer Sprowl
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Summer 2017 Isadora Duncan Dance Study Tour
July 10-19 in Athens, Greece
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Join Lori Belilove for an inspiring 10-day residency at The Isadora & Raymond Duncan Dance Research Center in Athens, Greece in July 2017 with daily morning classes and evening choreographic workshops in the Dance of Isadora Duncan. Greek art, mythology, and philosophy greatly influenced and inspired Isadora Duncan's dance.
We will travel as a group to visit museums and archeological sites in Athens and fully immerse ourselves in the rich art, history, and culture of Greece. We will read writings of Isadora, Greek poets and philosophers, and study ancient Greek art and history. The notes and sketches from these observations will help in the creation of new movement work.
The residency will also include technique classes for local children, open to those interested in teacher training. The evening sessions will explore dances created by Isadora Duncan reflect Duncan's studies of ancient Greek art. Dancers participating in the choreographic workshop will perform in an informal studio showing on the last day.
To fully experience the magic of Greece, we will dine under the stars under the backdrop of the Acropolis, explore the neighborhoods (shopping), and rest in comfortable accommodations (pool).
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COSTS ~
$1,000 total per person for all classes, museum visits, lecture ~ purchased through the Duncan Foundation Inc.
$1,000 estimated plane fare arranged by each respective person
$140 single / $155 double room per night at Hotel Divani ~ suggested hotel with view of the Acropolis and includes breakfast
Estimate for lunch, dinner and alcohol not included here ~ program dates and details are subject to change
Partial program packages are available upon request
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Interested? Contact the Duncan Foundation today!
212-691-5040; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Summer 2017 Isadora Duncan Dance Workshop
June 26-July 1 & July 24-29 in New York City
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Photo of Rachel Carder by Michael Mansfield
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Join us for the Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation's summer workshops in the great city of New York! Each session is 6 days of dancing and includes Isadora Duncan technique and repertory classes, teacher training*, tunic making, video screening, The Metropolitan Museum of Art visit, and networking.
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Dates:
Session 1: June 26 - July 1
Session 2: July 24-29
Location: IDDF Studio in Chelsea, plus other clean and well-lit studios conveniently located in the Upper West Side.
Description:
Classes will be taught by Lori Belilove, the world's leading teacher and performer of the dances of Isadora Duncan, senior members of Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company, and guest teachers. Students will work to increase their technical and expressive capabilities in a positive and supportive environment. The workshop will provide an in depth immersion into Isadora Duncan technique and repertory.
*For the teacher training component (separate application required for students interested in IDDF Certification) of the workshop we will focus on teaching the Duncan technique to students ages 4-18 and develop lesson plans around nature themes, Greek mythology, and contemporary life that will resonate with today's young dance students. Attention will be paid to selection of music and breakdown of rhythmic structures in dance.
Students who participate in the entire workshop will receive a Letter of Completion from Lori Belilove, Artistic Director, Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation.
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Schedule is subject to change.
Tuition: $800 per session; $1,500 for both sessions. It does not include travel, housing, or meals.
Space permitting, students unable to attend the entire workshop and/or interested in technique classes only are welcome to technique classes, Monday through Friday, 10:30am-12:30pm. Tuition is $135 per session, or $30 single class.
To Register:
Download the registration form HERE.
*To Apply:
To be considered for the teacher training component (for students interested in IDDF Certification), please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. your resume and a letter of intent, stating your desired session date(s), your dance and/or teaching background, and interest in IDDF's summer workshop or teacher training.
Students already enrolled in IDDF's Certification Program need not re-apply. Please contact IDDF to confirm participation. Both sessions can be applied towards certification.
Questions?
Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." target="_blank" class="m_2078004795841263052moz-txt-link-abbreviated" style="color: #1155cc;">tina@isadoraduncan.org or call 212-691-5040.
Can't make it to New York? Join us in California!Our summer workshop at Mills College will be held August 13-16, 2017. Click HERE or more information.
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Fall greetings!
This summer we toured to Greece, where we were joined by students from the U.S., Puerto Rico, Brazil, and Portugal. Read about it HERE, and mark your calendars to join us next year, July 10-21, 2017!
We welcomed students nationally and internationally from Canada and Israel at oursummer workshops. Gabrielle C. wrote to us:
From the first technique class, I could tell I was going to have a revelatory week. The concentration on breath, authenticity of movement, and organic shapes were extremely satisfying.
Emily's grounded energy was appeasing and helped me surpass my nerves and really melt into the movement. Beth is an incredible class facilitator and has what seems to be boundless energy. What to say about Lori, other than it is not hard to understand why she is the artistic director and has enjoyed so many years as THE reference on Duncan technique and choreography. I was motivated and excited when working with her and her wisdom of movement and openness made for a wonderful learning experience. Though I was only in town for a week of the summer intensive, I already felt by my last class that I was profoundly moved by what I had learned in so little time.
I was also blessed to watch some parts of the repertory work, the quality of which was astonishing. The beauty of the Tanagra figures and excerpts from repertoire were breathtaking. My fellow students bounded through the dances with the beauty and effortlessness of 20 young Aphrodites.
On top of learning this new form of movement, I was delighted to make my own tunic and explore the history of the Grecian Tanagra figures at the MET. For a hip hop dancer from the East coast of Canada, this could not have been more outside of my comfort zone, nor more relevant and exciting as a mature dancer navigating the changes in my maturing body.
My heart and body are filled with love, light and hopefully, a bit more grace.
We performed at our favorite outdoor venues, including Old Westbury Gardens, Alice Austen House, Battery Dance Festival, Fort Tryon Park, and Untermyer Park, reaching over 3,000 audience members.
Missed us this summer? Not to worry. Click HERE to watch our performance of Ouverture, choreographed by Artistic Director Lori Belilove.
Finally, please see our upcoming performances, tours, classes, and workshops. We welcome you!
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October 10-14 | Randolph College
Artistic Director Lori Belilove returns to Randolph College for one week. She will teach the Duncan technique and repertory to students at the Dance Department. Guests are welcomed to technique classes. Contact IDDF at 212-691-5040; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
October 14 | 92nd Street Y
Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company will perform as part of Dance and Myth: American Dance Guild at 60 Honors Jean Erdman at 100. $20 general / $25 premium. BUY NOW
November 7-8 | Franklin & Marshall College
Artistic Director Lori Belilove returns to Franklin & Marshall College. She will teach the Duncan technique to students at the Dance Department and offer a lecture/demonstration at The Phillips Museum.
November 12-20 | Salvador, Bahia, BRAZIL
Artistic Director Lori Belilove returns to Escola Contemporânea de Dança, an IDDF-affiliate school in Salvador, Bahia. She will teach master classes to children, adults, and (pre-)professional dancers and perform as part of Jornada de Dança da Bahia. LEARN MORE
November 28 - December 5 | Shenzhen City, CHINA
Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company will make its debut in China on December 4 at Shenzhen Poly Theatre. This tour is co-presented by the Shenzhen Zhongsen Culture Media Co., Ltd. and the Duncan Dance Academy (DDA). DDA is an IDDF-affiliate school headquartered in Shenzhen City, where Lori Belilove was appointed Artistic Director in October 2015. LEARN MORE |
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Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation, 141 West 26th Street #3 , New York, NY 10001
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In the year of Isadora Duncan's 140th birthday, Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company performs for one-night-only, featuring Sara Mearns, Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet.
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Featuring NYCB Principal Sara Mearns
June 19, 2017, 7:30pm
The Joyce Theater
175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street
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Festival for the Reinstatement of the Delphic Games & The Delphic Ideal Young Laureate Program
May 26-31st, 2017
Five days and six nights enlivening the 'Delphic Ideal' in art, ethos, mytho-poetry, scholarship, and sport to encompass mind, body, heart, spirit, and soul concerns, via lectures, seminars, archaeological site visits, roundtable discussions, indoor workshops, dramatic natural settings, and performance events. Optional Athens, Greece trip extension May 23 - 26.Open to all levels and all ages 14 years and up. Register at www.idii.org.
Formation « Dance of Being© »
with Fabienne Courmont
Masterclass at Isadora Duncan House
in Athens April 2016
Contact : Fabienne Courmont
Creator of Dance of Being©
President Avignon section C I D
+33 677 14 10 80
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www.dansedeletre.fr
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Dear Friends of the Studio,
On Sunday, March 5th, we will present the first performance of our 20th anniversary season at the Studio! We are very excited to present the Salon Concert Series No.1, featuring the talented David Chernyavsky and Mutsuko Dohi. Please see details below.
Looking forward to seeing you!
For tickets or reservations, please call or email us.
Thank you very much.
The Mary Sano Studio of Duncan Dancing
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~ Salon Concert Series ~
No. 1
Violin and Piano
Sunday, March 5, at 6:30 pm (doors open at 6:00 pm)
David Chernyavsky (Violin- SF Symphony Orchestra) and Mutsuko Dohi (Pianist) will perform Beethoven's "Spring Sonata" and Franck's "Sonata in A major" as well as selected short pieces with guest performer Mary Sano.
Tickets: Adults: $30, Seniors(65+)/Children under 18: $20, Children under 10: Free. Tickets include complimentary refreshments.
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Frédéric Chopin Isadora Duncan
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The Theater of Love
Saturday, February 11th, 5 O'Clock PM
at The Kosciuszko Foundation, Inc.
15 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065
 The Kosciuszko Foundation in collaboration with the Isadora Duncan International Institute in celebration of its 40th Anniversary Year (1977 – 2017) proudly present Frédéric Chopin Isadora Duncan & The Theater of Love: Music and Dance on the Transformative Power of Love with Jeanne Bresciani and The Isadora Duncan International Institute Dancers and Daniel Schreiner on piano, Saturday, February 11th, 2017 at 5:00 PM.
It will be an evocative rendering on the beauty and magic of love as a human value of infinite range and everlasting force. What better weekend than as we await Valentine’s Day to illuminate, radiate and penetrate to the heart of art in this festive performance and reception? The evening will highlight masterpieces  that vibrate at the highest emotional pitch chosen from the vast treasury of Isadora Duncan’s original dances and from new works in solo, duet, and small group performance accompanied live by the pianistic virtuosity of nationally acclaimed Daniel Schreiner, International Keyboard Institute and Festival soloist, finalist in the Eastern Music Festival Piano Competition, and IES Abroad Vienna Music Program awardee.
Frédéric Chopin Isadora Duncan & The Theater of Love explores the relationship between seamless harmonies, breathtaking tensions, unrivaled elegance and rapturous fusions in the intense crescendos and decrescendos of art, life and love present everywhere in Chopin’s music and Duncan’s dance.
Admission: $30 Full Admission / $20 for KF Members, Seniors and Students
Seating is limited, first come, first served.
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2016
WORKSHOP DE DANÇA MODERNA NA TÉCNICA DE ISADORA DUNCAN
Com Lori Belilove (EUA) e Fatima Suarez (BA)
17 a 20 de novembro (terça a sexta)
10h30 às 12h00
Espaço Xisto Bahia
R$ 200,00
Público-alvo: dançarinos de nível intermediário a avançado (ao menos três anos de experiência)
Vagas: 30 (em havendo número excedente de inscritos, haverá seleção dos participantes pela avaliação do formulário)
Divulgação
Lori Belilove: Artista, dançarina e diretora artística da Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation, de Nova York, Lori Belilove foi aluna particular de Irma Duncan até sua morte, em 1977. Lori estudou individualmente e se apresentou extensivamente com Hortence Kooluris e Julia Levien. Recebeu treinamento intensivo em ballet clássico e nas técnicas modernas de Doris Humpfrey e José Limon. Tendo se apresentado por todo o mundo, é uma das maiores referências na manutenção do legado da mãe da dança moderna. No filme documentário, lançado em 1989, “Isadora Duncan Movement from the Soul”, Belilove é a primeira bailarina, dançando solos. Em 2003, estreou na Broadway o espetáculo “Isadora no Apologies”, sendo elogiada pela crítica especializada americana como uma das mais extraordinárias solistas já vistas.
Foto: Sander Fuchs
Fatima Suarez: Diretora do Contemporânea Ensamble, formou-se em Ballet Clássico na Escola de Ballet do Teatro Castro Alves. Especializou-se em dança moderna e coreografia na London Contemporary Dance School e no Laban Centre of Movement, ambos na Inglaterra, e na Martha Graham Dance School e Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, em Nova York. Ainda em Nova York, conheceu sua mestra na técnica de Isadora Duncan, Lori Belilove, estabelecendo um intercâmbio permanente entre a Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation e a Escola Contemporânea de Dança, instituição que criou em 1990 e cujos espetáculos têm sua assinatura como coreógrafa e diretora. Como bailarina e coreógrafa, atua também no Mantra Cia. de Dança, desde a sua criação, em 1987.
http://www.jornadadedanca.com.br/programacao-educativa/workshop-de-danca-moderna-na-tecnica-de-isadora-duncan.html
Dear Friends of Duncan Dancing,
How was your summer?
We hope you had a good season and you are happy and healthy!
Thank you to all of you who were able to join us for our 19th annual Dionysian Festival in May. It was another great experience for all of us! (See pictures below)
Today(September 14th) is an important day in Duncan history, as it was on this date that Isadora died tragically in Nice, France 89 years ago. My mentor and teacher, Mignon Garland, passed away on the 15th of September, 1999. She taught me so much about Isadora, her dance, and her life; and I will forever be grateful to her.
It is often around this time of year that I look back, and forward; remembering the great tradition of this art form and finding inspiration to continue in its exploration and expansion. I am currently looking at theaters in San Francisco where we could celebrate our company's 20 year anniversary and reaching out to collaborators to decide which pieces we would like to share and expand upon.
We currently have two classes ongoing as well as private classes available.
Our fall session of Duncan Workshops are on now until October 9th.
Children's Classes has just started on Sunday, September 11 for 4 weeks.
Feel free to join us for the rest of the season, or drop in for a single class!
Best wishes,
Mary Sano
The Mary Sano Studio of Duncan Dancing
To register for classes or if you have any questions,
please contact us by email at
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We did it all! Our "Isadora Pilgrimage", as we called it, reflecting Isadora's exact words when she first visited Athens in 1902, saw us performing in numerous venues, teaching at Isadora's House, climbing the Acropolis rock, dancing around the Theatre of Dionysius, visiting museums, and taking excursions to archeological sites.
We ate, laughed, complained of exhaustion, had tea in tunics at Hotel Grande Bretagne (Isadora's favorite hotel), fought the wind at the Temple of
Poseidon, played in the trees at The Zappeion Gardens, and made friends though the CID UNESCO World Congress on Dance Research. Our performances were well-documented, as was our whole trip, by the amazing dance photographer Rose Eichenbaum. The photos sprinkling through this newsletter attest to the energy and light of the experience.
What else? When the week was over we split off to the islands, boat trips, swimming, and more temple sites on our own. I took off to Samos Island
 to teach and perform for a lovely dance school there. We were graciously hosted by a Greek-American Director of Samos School of Dance, Christina Tsardoulias, and we were so well-received that we are already making plans to return!
Teaching and spending time at Isadora's House - now officially The Isadora and Raymond Duncan Dance Research Center - was magical. Athenian dancers joined our tribe that included 5 dancers from my Brazilian ensemble, and dancers from Portugal and Puerto Rico.
The Center Director Penelope Iliaskou wrote to me: "We consider your classes at the Center a really valuable experience both for our teachers and the other dance artists in our community who participated... Your methodology is at the same time so rich in content and fluid in the process, that I think all teachers from various disciplines of dance should have the occasion to get in contact your work... Belilove's Isadora? Our teachers would love to work with you further... Regarding the children's classes you offered, it was amazing how you could capture their attention and interest, get the best out of them, and fill them with joy - all of which they expressed as soon as they came out of the class. Thank you, Lori!"
Mark your calendars and join us next year!! July 10-21, 2017
Dancing at the Isadora & Raymond Duncan Research Center was an incredible experience. To dance Isadora's dances in the very spot she chose to plant roots was unbelievable. Every morning I felt the same awe and disbelief that I was there absorbing her spirit and releasing my own. - Emily
I have always wanted to go to Greece so it was like a dream come true for me to see and experience one of the places that so inspired Isadora. I am so grateful to have had a week with Lori Belilove and The Company in Athens. It was filled with culture, learning, inspiration, friendship, and dancing. I can't wait to go back next year! - Faith
Dancing in Greece was a dream come true. All of a sudden the ancient stories came to life in the beautiful rocky, dry climate. And of course the food! So much olive oil, cheese and Greek yogurt! - Morgana
I guess it is good to be back home but there are so many things to miss about Greece. :) Thank you for leading such a magical adventure. - Danielle
 I just wanted to thank you from my heart for the classes you gave in Athens, it was a wonderful experience for me, thank you for this gift to us. An enormous privilege and honor to have you as our teacher even for just a few days! I was really so happy to dance with you and your wonderful company in class and also watch you teach. So many thanks again for all and hope to see you very soon again in Athens. - Sandra
They say when the pupil is ready the teacher will appear... On a balmy evening last Wednesday at the 'Theatro Vrahon' in Athens, I met a wonderful group of dancers who were performing from New York. A very lovely lady, by the name of Lori, the artistic director of the company, invited me spontaneously to join her classes here in Athens. After some momentary hesitation, I said yes I would love to, and I took up the challenge of daring to go to class after 4 years away from dancing. Lori, it was the best decision I ever made in this period in my life. Almost a decade ago I was told I should stop dancing, and following surgery I have persevered through a long period to find my fitness again and havegone through very long process of rehabilitation of my body. Your generosity and wonderful teaching, which you do with such poise, grace and humor is
simply fantastic and I thoroughly enjoyed
every moment. I particularly enjoyed the technique and discovering Duncan technique which is new to me...it was quite natural and I felt I could connect quite deeply. I wish you every success with continuing the amazing work you all do. Thank you for all your input, energy and inspiration, you truly are a rare artist and teacher. - Vicky
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Dear Friends of Duncan Dancing,
We are proud to present this year's Dionysian Festival: Celebrating the 139th anniversary of Isadora Duncan's birth on Saturday, May 28th at 8 pm and Sunday, May 29th at 5 pm.
This progenitor of modern dance was born in San Francisco on May 26th, 1877, and The Mary Sano Studio is dedicated to keeping Isadora's art and spirit alive.
We are pleased to welcome back both neo classical pianist Benjamin Akeala Belew and singer/songwriter Tony Chapman who will perform their original songs as well as playing and premiering new work with our company.
We also are excited to announce new participants to this year's festival: painter Aisla and dancer/choreographer Megan Nicely. Ms. Nicely will perform her solo work and Sano is creating a new work with her group inspired by two of Aisla's paintings and original music by Chapman and Belew.
Please see our flyer below for details, and we look forward to celebrating with you!
The Mary Sano Studio of Duncan Dancing
To purchase tickets or make a reservation,
please contact us by email at
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LIVESTREAMING of Book talk: Isadora Duncan in the 21st Century with live dance demonstrations at Books and Books, April 15, 6:30 pm (Eastern Standard time).
You can watch from anywhere online via Livestream here: http://new.livestream.com/uainmedia
If you cant watch at exact livestreaming time, then you can click on website, then on my book and view at another time if you wish .Hope you can tune in!
http://livestream.com/uainmedia/andreamantellseidel
2015
“PARABOLICAMARÁ”
Performance choreographed by Ms. Fatima Suarez
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Chicago is around the corner.
Remember to book conference events and hotels.
The Symposium starts in less than two weeks. As we enter the final countdown, we want to make sure everyone has all the information they need to have a wonderful time in Chicago.
The pre-conference tour of Millennium Park will be meeting at Joffrey Tower between3-3:15pm.
It's free but you have to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. At 6pm we will meet up for informal drinks at the fabulous Palmer House Hilton.
On Saturday post-conference, we'll head to the Silversmith Hotel for a reception and dinner. You must RSVP and reserve your spot for both!
Reserve just the reception.
Reserve just the dinner.
Reserve both.
The Joffrey Tower has an amazing location in the midst of lots of Chicago's best places to eat and stay. Here is a growing map and list of restaurants, with the Joffrey Tower and our recommended accommodations on there as well. And of course, if you haven't booked your accommodation yet, here are our recommendations. The University Center is a great budget option that has recently opened up short stay reservations.
We're looking forward to seeing you very soon!
Warmly,
The IDIS Steering Committee
Valerie Durham
Meg Brooker
Jennifer Sprowl
Julia Pond
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Copyright © 2015 Isadora Duncan International Symposium, All rights reserved.
You are receiving this email as a Duncan Dance practitioner and as a friend and colleague of the international Duncan Dance community.
Our mailing address is:
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Workshops of the isadorian dance/
Stages de Danse Isadorienne
with/ avec Drachin von Terra
Where/OU ?
Centre Social des Bourroches, 71bis rue de la Corvé, 21000 Dijon, France. 03.80.41.19.64
When/QUAND ?
Saturday 25 April 2015/Samedi 25 Avril 2015
Saturday 6 June 2015/Samedi 6 Juin 2015
Who/QUI ?
The workshops are women only events. Dancers of all ages, dance backgrounds, and of all levels are welcome/
Stage de danse réservé aux femmes, tous niveaux/toutes disciplines.
How much/COMBIEN ? Contributions are welcome and will serve to finance our upcoming creations/Libre contribution. Les contributions servent à financer nos projets artistiques en cours.
Where go see ?/Photos,Video clips, Drawings of the isadorian Dance:
www.artistesfemmesdeterra.com
VOIR ? Photos, Films et Dessins de la Danse Isadorienne sur
www.artistesfemmesdeterra.com
For more information/RENSEIGNEMENTS
Tel.:00336. 32. 71. 94. 35
La 3e édition de l'Atelier
Artistes Femmes venez Esquisser la Danse Isadorienne
le Dimanche 8 Mars 2015
à l'occasion de la journée internationale des femmes.
Atelier de Danse Isadorienne avec Drachin von Terra
Musique Originale Composée et Orchestrée par Zed Terra
Avec le concours de la MJC Montchapet, Dijon.
Directrice Sandrine Carbonel.
Un geste de Solidarité entre Femmes Artistes
Nous invitons les artistes femmes ainsi que les étudiantes des Beaux Arts à venir trouver l’inspiration et dessiner le mouvement de la Danse Isadorienne pendant notre prochain Atelier AFEDI avec Drachin et avec toute Danseuse qui, grâce à cette invitation, vient partager l’aventure avec nous.
MJC Montchapet
1 ter rue de Beaune (participation à libre contribution)
21000 Dijon
AFEDI ( Women Artists sketch the Isadorian Dance), 3rd edition,
will take place on Sunday 8 March 2015, on international women's day.
in partnership with the MJC Montchapet, Dijon, Director Sandrine Carbonel.
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The Isadora Duncan International Institute
Presents
Venice Carnevale:
Isadora Duncan and the Art of Festival
Venice, Italy
February 12-19th, 2015
We will convene in Venice, Italy for a Renaissance of Rapture on the festive days leading up to Carnevale to share in the sublime, spiritual and sense-deepening time devoted to ecstatic experience. Enjoy feasts together, attend musical concerts, (including an operatic experience at the majestic La Fenice,) visit museums and palazzi, pen our musings, sketch wonders in the City of Falling Angels, intone the language of great poets, thinkers and lovers, share illuminating moments in churches, synagogues and scuole (the art strewn guilds of the master craftsmen), travel to nearby islands laden with mystery, and revel in a traditional Carnevale. The IDII Dancers have been invited to perform at the Palazzo Pisani Moretta, named the most beautiful palazzo in all of Venice. Early mornings will begin in simple, dreamlike, warming exercises suitable for all, entitled, Body Soul Fluidities, at our quiet, spacious five star hotel.
Itinerary Highlights Include:
- Cooking lesson and feast in an authentic Venetian home
- Visits to art exhibits throughout the city
- Seminar visits to museums, scuole, ‘ca’ and palazzi
- Group attendance at theatrical and musical events
- Performance opportunity within a sacred Venetian edifice
- Isadora-inspired myth and movement studies
- Excursions along Isadora's byways and waterways in Venice
Itinerary subject to change
Trip cost includes luxury accommodations for 7 nights, all seminar fees, daily breakfast, three festive celebratory meals, local transportation via vaporetto, group admissions to theatrical and music events, fees for excursions and itinerary highlights.
Total Cost: $3,150
Based on double-occupancy, single supplement extra. Airfare not included.
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"The beauty of Venice is incomparable and profound - the impact of the 'Sacred Topographies' journey is eternally imprinted within my soul."
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"Jeanne, you brought forth the sacred and the spiritual with your passion, depth of intuition and breadth of knowledge from a vast array of worlds. Thank you for an experience that has nurtured my soul, my creativity and essentially all areas of my life."
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Invitation to the 2015 Isadora Duncan International Symposium
Discovering DuncanJune 11-13, 2015at the Joffrey Tower
Chicago, IL, USA
We are now accepting proposals to present at the 2015 Isadora Duncan International Symposium....and Early Registration is officially open!
Attendance at the symposium is open to all practitioners and scholars of Duncan Dance and related techniques, including performance, choreography, repertory, education, research and scholarship, criticism, photography, visual and multimedia art and biography. We also welcome interested dance professionals and graduates.
FOR POTENTIAL PRESENTERS AND SPEAKERS
The 2015 Symposium theme is "Discovering Duncan." Isadora Duncan is often credited with many "discoveries" foundational to the development of modern dance: the relationship between breath and gesture, the use of weight and gravity, individual expression as valid dance content, and dance as a vehicle for social and political platforms. She is also credited with "rediscovering" the Greek dance aesthetic, and some credit her success to "being discovered" by producers and other artists from Augustine Daly to Loie Fuller.
Each of us has our own story of discovery and Duncan dance. What Duncan discoveries speak to and inspire you? What have you discovered through your Duncan practice? How can we rediscover Duncan now? How did you first encounter the Duncan work? How would you like to help others discover the work?
The symposium is an opportunity for Duncan Dance practitioners to demonstrate their methods and techniques, share important experience and knowledge, and present research and scholarship to a wider international Duncan community. It is also an opportunity for both presenters and participants to learn from each other in practical, theoretical, physical and artistic realms.
In crafting your proposal, please address the symposium theme. We will attempt to accommodate as many presenters as possible. You may submit more than one presentation for consideration. However, the number of slots may be limited due to scheduling and facility availability.
The conference working language is English.
We look forward to seeing you in Chicago!
Warmly,
IDIS Steering Committee
Valerie Durham, MFA
Meg Brooker, MFA
Jennifer Sprowl
Julia Pond
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Registration
All attendees, including presenters, must register for the symposium. Symposium registration is $195 for the three-day event, and all sessions are open to all attendees. Register byMarch 1, 2015 and pay just $160. Please click here to register. Accommodation, location and other information about the conference is available on the Symposium Information page.
Proposal Deadline:November 15, 2014
SUGGESTED PRESENTATION FORMATS:
- practical workshop/master class
- reading/lecture/presentation
- panel discussions
- roundtable discussions with moderator
- informal showings of choreography, repertory and works in progress with discussion sessions
- video showings
- other formats suggested by the presenter can be considered
To submit your proposal, please see the submission guidelines.
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Press Release 
A Benefit for The Somona Theater Alliance
Event: A Revolution in Aesthetics, "The Dance Legacy of Isadora Duncan" (1877-1927)
Description: Lois Flood will perform the historical dances of Isadora
Duncan. Included will be, lyrical and dramatic dances, inspired by the classical aesthetic dance movement of Isadora Duncan. The dances are lively and expressive. A stunning selection of classical music expresses a potpourri of dance styles, lyrical to the revolutionary.
Greek myths are the theme of many dances. Marjorie Lynn Wagner,
poet-artist, will read quotes by Isadora Duncan.
The Dance Legacy of Isadora is culturally enriching and entertaining. All ages will enjoy these exquisite, historical dances from the repertory of Isadora Duncan. Costumes are designed of flowing silk. There will be questions answered at the end of the program.
"To awaken human emotion is the highest level of Art" - Isadora Duncan
Date: October 21, 2014
Time: 7:00 Tuesday
Location: Sonoma Community Center, Andrew Hall, 276 E. Napa Street
Sonoma, Ca.
Admission: Free, Donation Appreciated,
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Saturday, August 16 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Alice Austen House
2 Hylan Boulevard (at Edgewater Street) Staten Island, NY 10305
$10 suggested donation
For more information and directions
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Or catch us in September!
We will be part of Sorry I Missed Your Show, a dance (on) film screening, discussion, and performance series that provides opportunities to view historical works or dance documentaries, at Gibney Dance Center on Wednesday, September 17, 6:30 PM. Come see rare Duncan footage and participate in a Q&A with Lori!
www.gibneydance.org
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A Revolution in Aesthetics
"The Dance Legacy of Isadora Duncan" (1877-1927)
Description: Lois Flood will perform dances lyrical and dramatic, inspired by the classical aesthetic dance movement of Isadora Duncan. The dances are lively and expressive. A stunning selection of classical music expresses a potpourri of dance styles, lyrical to the revolutionary.
Greek myths are the theme of many dances. A guest narrator, Marjorie Lynn Wagner will read quotes by Isadora Duncan.
The Dance Legacy of Isadora is culturally enriching and entertaining. All ages will enjoy these exquisite, historical dances from the repertory of Isadora Duncan. Costumes are designed of flowing silk.
"To awaken human emotion is the highest level of Art" - Isadora Duncan
We will also Celebrate the life of Vallejo Native Daughter, Lodena Edgcumbe
Date: July 13, 2014
Time: 2:30
Location: Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum, 734 Marin Street, Vallejo
Admission: Free
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Isadora Duncan: In Lasting Luminescence
Intensive Dance Workshop
Tuesday August 5 through Saturday August 9th, 2014 |
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Announcing the Isadora Duncan International Institute's
August Summer Study Dance Intensive at
Tempio di Danza, High Falls, NY
Image after Maurice Denis
Program open to all General Students and Candidates in the Certificate Program in Isadora Studies I: The Training
August Summer Study includes workshop sessions at Tempio di Danza and in select outdoor locations.
Final optional performance opportunity at The Actor's Fund Home on Sunday, August 10th at 2:30 in Englewood, New Jersey.
Tuition: $500
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Join us for an enchanted evening and see the gardens illuminated with lanterns and decorated by magical faeries. Stroll, relax and enjoy music and dance performances.
Over 20 cast members dressed in Greek, Roman, and Renaissance-themed tunics and drapery will guide audience members from scene to scene throughout the grounds. Greek mythology will be used as thematic reference points for a variety of dance vignettes, including the Three Graces, Narcissus, Homage to Apollo and Dionysus, Tanagra Waltz, Dance of the Furies. Musical selections will vary from modern composers Brian Eno and Enya to classical favorites such as Chopin, Schubert, and Gluck.
Tickets Online $12.00/ $9.60 member
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Photo by Katalin Garbutt
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Nature sparks creativity. Just listen to the poets, the artists, the musicians. Nature stimulates curiosity. Astronomers, botanists, and scientists have done endless explorations to crack her secrets. People have been dancing and moving in nature since the beginning of time drawing inspiration from nature's power and beauty to uplift the soul.
Come and be enchanted and experience the power and beauty of these unique gardens. This is an opportunity to open your playful heart!
If the photography and video images don't entice you, the next newsletter might!
The first time I came to the gardens I thought I had entered a "Mini-Versailles" landscaped garden, then I learned that the family who designed the gardens did so for dramatic outdoor games and adventures for their numerous children, and my whole experience fell into place. Ah ha! From the Greek Colonnade and reflecting pool to the sculptures, ponds and fountains, each area proved a delight more wonderful than the one before. The Gardens also hosted tournaments and horse races and fetes galore in the grand style of early 19th century entertaining.
When you come (as certainly you are coming!!), wander the "Cottage Garden" with the thatched huts and find the Furies lurking, the "Lilac Walk" that leads into the dancing meditation is set in the rose garden to the live music of the hammered dulcimer played by Max ZT. Improvisations and vignettes in the "Walled Garden" lead you to the more dangerous dancing in and around the gazebo pond.
The open space of the "South Lawn" is as enormous as a football field with the dramatic backdrop of the estate itself. Here we dance the finale movement from Schubert's 9th symphony "The Great" to homage to the goddess of the hunt Diana.
In creating the evening I looked to the grounds as both tamed and choreographed alternating with chaotic, wild, overgrown nature.
With the glorious backdrop of the gardens, the dancers move in both choreographed synchronicity and wild improvisational abandon - like a dream!
Every section of the gardens, immaculately kept, invites meditations on beauty. Bring your playful heart, a picnic, friends and family, and enjoy an extraordinary evening.
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The dance of the future - Sacred dance and music in tribute to
Isadora Duncan
June 10th 2014
20:30
Dora Stratou Theater
Philopappou Hill, Athens, Greece
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After the success of the first Isadora Duncan International Symposium in June 2013, and the continued bubbling of activity in the larger community that's followed, we are proud to announce the dates and venue for the second Isadora Duncan International Symposium: Discovering Duncan.
Join us June 11-13, 2015 at the Joffrey Academy of Dance in Chicago. We'll convene on the former site of the Masonic Temple where Isadora danced in 1895 at the outset of her career. During the three day conference we will delve into the idea of discovery: new historical insights, present-day issues around Duncan performance and scholarship work, and new visions for the future. We love that we have the opportunity to do this on the spot where Isadora was, in a way, 'discovered'.
The conference is open to all practitioners in the art of Isadora Duncan, in the fields of dance performance, choreography, scholarship and education, history and criticism, dance therapy, photography, visual arts, music, and more. Participants will have the opportunity to present, discuss and, of course, dance, in a variety of masterclasses, panel discussions, choreographic showings, and more...including a final reception and celebration, venue TBD.
Mark your calendars and keep your eyes peeled for the registration details and call for presentations coming soon!
Warmly,
The IDIS Steering Committee
Valerie Durham, MFA
Meg Brooker, MFA
Jennifer Sprowl
Julia Pond
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