Oscar Levertin

Oscar Ivan Levertin (1862-1906), Swedish poet and man of letters.

Reply of the 44-year old Levertin to an inquiry about Duncan. Published in Dienes, Gedeon: Remembering - Isadora Duncan - Emlékkönyv. Budapest, Orkesztika, 2002.

  "When you are asked to read straight lines of books it is easier to speak about Isadora’s barefoot dancing ... This dance plays the same role in the art of Terpsichore as what free verses play in Apollo’s art, with the lines of different lengths without rhymes. ..."