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On the European and American stage in the early 20th century, a dancer wearing a cicada-thin dress and dancing barefoot caused a great sensation. Her dance is revolutionary, completely different from ballet, which has always dominated the western dance world, and full of fresh creativity.

At the same time, her private life is full of psychedelic colors. Her whimsical views on love and marriage challenge traditional moral concepts. She changed lovers like changing clothes, all by whim and psychological feelings at any time and place. To this end, some people call her a "senior prostitute".

As a dancer, she succeeded. She became the founder of American modern dance, and spread her dance thoughts and movements with her own dance school, which influenced the development of world dance.

As a woman, she is unfortunate. She indulged her lust and played games in a man's world, but at the same time she was tired of this indulgence. Because of her indiscretion, the men she loved left her one by one. At this point, she fell into a confused distress and pain. The biggest blow to her was the child she had with three lovers, one of whom died in an accident.

She is a great dancer, isadora duncan.

The first chapter tianjiao girl

Isadora started his own "Dance School" at the age of five.

The first love began at the age of eleven, and the passion lasted for two years.

In order to survive, isadora had to meet the manager's low-level requirements and dance "exciting". She passed.

Pain.

In Chicago, isadora fell in love with a man in his forties. He kissed her and proposed to her.

But she doesn't know amorous feelings.

Isadora's relationship with the manager broke up because she didn't want to be a geisha.

1877 On May 26th, isadora duncan was born in San Francisco, USA.

According to isadora's own account, her personality was fixed in the womb, and she began to dance in the womb.

When my mother was pregnant with her, she often said painfully, "This child must be very abnormal." She expected to give birth to a monster.

Things.

Isadora seems to have been dancing since he was born. Mother couldn't help shouting, "Am I right?

The child is a madman. "Later, isadora became the laughingstock of the whole family and friends: they dressed her and let her go.

Put it on the table, and then play music, so she dances with it.

Isadora's parents divorced when he was a baby. All the children were brought up by their mothers. Her mother

I am so poor that I can't afford a servant or a tutor at home. Because they can't pay the rent, they are often driven away by the landlord.

I even moved 15 times in a row.

At the age of five, isadora went to a public school, because his working mother wanted to give it to this active child.

Find a place to put the children.

When isadora was about six years old, one day, her mother came home and found that she had gathered six or seven children from her neighbors-him.

Children are too young to walk-let them sit on the floor in front of her and teach them to wave their arms. Mother asked her what she was doing.

She said it was her own dance school. Mrs Duncan thought it was very interesting and sat at the piano and played music for her. After ...

Over the years, this "school" has continued to run, and it is very popular, and all the little girls nearby have come. Their parents gave

Isadora has a little money to teach them. Isadora became the youngest "dance teacher" in the world.

When isadora was ten years old, more and more little girls came to learn to dance. She told her mother that she had made money.

Well, this is much more important than going to school, which will only waste time. She combed her hair and put it on her head, calling herself sixteen.

Considering her age, she is very tall and anyone will believe her. Her sister Elizabeth was brought up by her grandmother.

Later, I also lived with them and participated in dance teaching in these classes. More and more people need them, many of them are in San Francisco.

Rich people invited her to teach dance.

Isadora has never met his father. Once she asked if she had a father during menstruation. Menstruation replied:

"Your father is a demon and ruined your mother's life." From then on, she always imagined him as a picture book with horns.

A demon with a tail. At school, she kept silent when other children talked about their father.

When isadora was seven years old, his family lived in two empty rooms on the third floor. One day, she heard the doorbell ring at the front door.

Sound, to the front desk opened the door. The bearer is a gentleman in a hat. He said:

"Excuse me, where does Mrs Duncan live?"

"I'm Mrs Duncan's little daughter," isadora answered.

"Is this my princess with a snub nose?" Said the strange gentleman.

He suddenly held isadora in his arms, tears streaming down his face, and kept kissing her. Isadora was very surprised and asked him.

Who? He replied tearfully, "I'm your father."

Hearing this, isadora was very happy. He ran in and told the whole family.

"A man came and said he was my father," isadora said.

Her mother stood up at once. Pale and excited, she went into the next room and locked the door behind her.

One of her brothers got under the bed, the other hid behind the cupboard, and her sister suddenly had a hysterical attack.

"Tell him to go away, tell him to go away," they shouted.

Isadora was very surprised, but she went to the front hall and said to him politely, "My family is not feeling well today."

No visitors. "

Her father took her by the hand and asked her to go for a walk with him.

Go downstairs to the street, walk beside him, isadora thought, this beautiful gentleman is my father.

But he doesn't have the long horns or tail I always imagined.

Father took her to a cold drink shop and let her eat enough ice cream and snacks. Isadora is very excited to be back.

When I got home, I found the whole family very depressed.

"He is so beautiful. Come back tomorrow and give me a lot of ice cream. " She told them.

But the whole family refused to see him. Soon after, her father returned to his other home in Los Angeles.

After that, isadora didn't see his father for several years until he suddenly appeared again. This time, her mother

Honey was lucky to meet him. He gave them a beautiful house with a big dance studio, a tennis court, a barn and

There is a mill.

Mrs Duncan is a music teacher, and children's childhood life is spent under the influence of music and poetry. each

One night, my mother sat in front of the piano and played for hours. The children's Augusta menstruation is also very talented. she

I often go to their home and take part in some private amateur performances. She is very beautiful and has a pair of black eyes.

A head of black hair. Her voice is very sweet, if her father doesn't regard everything related to drama as belonging to the devil.

Lucy, she will be a promising singer.

"I'd rather see my daughter die than see her perform on the stage." Her father said so at the time.

After moving into the big house given by their father, isadora's brother Augustine's "Theater" was the first one.

The warehouse is open. He cut a fur cushion as a beard in the living room and played the role of American writer washington irving.

Li Bo's Dream in the Novel Li Bo's Dream.

He acted so vividly that isadora Jr. was moved to tears when he sat on the biscuit box and watched the play.

This small theater is getting better and better, and it has been warmly praised in the neighborhood. Therefore, they later thought of the seaside.

Will be on tour. Isadora danced, Augustine read poetry, and then co-starred in a comedy Elizabeth and Raymond.

Fred also played a role. Although isadora was only twelve years old at that time, the other children were only teenagers, and they were all in St.

The tour in Clara, santa rosa, Santa Barbara and other coastal areas was very successful.

The dominant spirit of isadora's childhood was the narrow bondage to the society in which he lived at that time and imposed on his life.

Constant resistance to various restrictions and growing yearning for the East. In her imagination, the East must be relatively vast. while

Sometimes she often talks about Kan Kan in front of family and friends, and always ends her speech like this: "We must leave."

This place can't do anything here "

In the whole family, isadora Jr. is the bravest. When there was no food at home, she volunteered.

Go to the butcher shop. Play a trick to induce the butcher to buy some mutton slices on credit. She was also sent to the baker,

Go left and right and beg the baker to continue to let her family buy on credit. When going out to do such a thing, isadora is always realistic.

Adventure is interesting, especially when it succeeds (and she always succeeds). Go home happily, dancing and holding hands.

Trophy, the joy in my heart is like a robber who robbed me. This is a good education because it comes from cheating.

Among butchers, she learned a skill and was able to deal with vicious managers in the future.

Once, Mrs Duncan cried because the store refused to buy some things she knitted. Isadora took it from her hand.

Handed the basket, put her knitted hat on her head and knitted gloves on her hands, and sold it door to door. Things are not just

After the sale, she brought home twice as much money as the shop gave her.

Some parents say that they work to leave a lot of money for their children. I wonder if they realize that, like this,

This is just to write off the adventurous spirit in these children's lives. Because the more money left for children, children.

The weaker the children are. The best legacy for a child is to let him go his own way and walk on his own two legs.

Your own way. This is the experience that isadora duncan summed up with his own personal experience.

In the evening, Mrs Duncan plays the piano for the children, and isadora Jr. improvises the dance.

There is a lovely old lady who is a friend of her family and often goes to their house to kill time in the evening. She used to be in Austria.

She said that isadora reminded her of the famous Italian ballerina Fanny isler.

They told the story of isler's great success. She always said, "isadora will be Fanny isler's second."

Her words inspired isadora Jr.' s ambition.

The old lady asked Mrs Duncan to send isadora to a famous ballet teacher in San Francisco to study.

However, isadora doesn't like the teacher's class. He told her to stand on tiptoe, that's all she asked.

Why? He replied, "Because it is so beautiful." Isadora said it was ugly and unnatural. After three classes,

She stopped going and never went back.

In isadora's view, the ballet teacher called it a stereotyped gymnastics movement of dance.

This disturbed her ideal. What she pursues is a unique dance. She doesn't know what it really looks like,

However, she explored and walked into an invisible world. Once she finds the key, she can enter this world.

After leaving school, isadora still likes reading. Their family lived in Auckland, where there was a public office.

* * * Library. Although she is far from home, she still runs, dances and jumps there.

The name of the librarian is Edna. She encouraged little isadora to study. When she borrows good books from her, she always shows off.

I am very happy, and my beautiful eyes are full of enthusiasm. Ina once fell in love with isadora's father, and she was obviously his last.

The object of love in life may be an invisible clue of fate, which leads isadora to her.

At that time, isadora read all the works of Dickens, Thackeray and Shakespeare, and also read countless novels, both good and bad.

Read everything greedily. I often sit under the candle light collected during the day and read all night until dawn.

At that time, isadora insisted on keeping a diary and invented a secret script for this, because at this time she had a huge.

Secret: falling in love.

Besides children's classes, Elizabeth and isadora also accept some older students. Elizabeth taught him.

Children dance ballroom dances, such as waltz, Mazzuca, polka and so on.

There are two young people in this group of students, one is a doctor and the other is a pharmacist. Pharmacists are handsome and famous.

Beautiful handwriting, too.-Vernon.

Isadora was only 1 1 years old. He looks bigger because of his towering temples and hanging clothes. She's crazy.

Fell in love with him. But she didn't know whether Vernon realized this, because at that age, she was really embarrassed.

To show your love.

They go to all kinds of dances together, and he dances with her at almost every dance. Isadora slowed down after the dance.

I couldn't sleep, and I kept a diary until the early hours of the morning, describing my extreme ecstasy: "I was floating in his arms."

Swing. "

Vernon works in a drugstore, and isadora Jr. often walks past him for miles. have

Sometimes I get up the courage to walk into the store and say hello to him. She even found the house he rented, often at night.

Run out of the house to see the light in his window.

This passion lasted for two years, and isadora became lovesick.

Finally, Vernon announced his marriage to a girl from Oakland's upper class, and isadora had to write it down in his diary.

Disappointment and pain. On his wedding day, I looked at vernon and a girl with an ugly white gauze.

Walking towards the altar together, isadora seemed to fall into a bottomless pit. From then on, the contact between the two was broken.

A few years later, isadora performed in San Francisco. One day, a white-haired man looked very young and beautiful.

The man walked into her dressing room. She recognized him immediately. It's Vernon. Isadora thought, after so many years, it is always possible.

Tell him about his enthusiasm when he was young, and he may find it interesting. However, he was so scared that he talked to her at once.

As far as his wife is concerned, his attachment to her has never stopped.

This is isadora's first love. She fell madly in love. Since then, isadora has never stopped being crazy.

Love.

Influenced by the books he read, isadora plans to leave San Francisco to travel abroad and want to go out with a big drama company.

So, one day she went to visit the manager of a touring troupe and asked permission to perform a dance for him.

The audition was held on a big, dark and empty stage. Mrs Duncan is with her daughter. After the dance,

The manager was silent for a moment, then turned to Mrs Duncan and said:

"This kind of thing is not suitable for theater performance, it is more suitable for the church. You'd better take the little girl home. "

Isadora was disappointed, but she didn't give up and began to consider other ideas of going abroad. She invited the whole family to do business.

Quantity, Kan Kan and Kan Kan, said more than an hour, explain to them why can't stay in San Francisco.

Sort of the reason. Mrs Duncan is a little confused, but she is willing to go anywhere with isadora. So the two of them decided

Leave early for Chicago. Isadora's sister and two brothers stayed in San Francisco, waiting for isadora to give them a day.

After they earn their wealth, the whole family will come to pick them up.

It was hot June when they arrived in Chicago. They only brought a suitcase and grandma isadora's.

Some old jewelry, plus 25 dollars. Isadora is looking forward to being hired at once, so that everything will be ten.

The division is smooth and simple. But this is not the case. Isadora visited one manager after another and held a ball for them.

But like the original, it is said that "good is good, but it is not suitable for stage performance."

After a few weeks, their money gradually ran out, and there was not much money to pawn jewelry. Later, inevitably,

Finally something happened: they couldn't afford the rent and all their luggage was detained; Later, they were driven away without bodies.

There is nothing, so I can only wander in the street.

Isadora has a thin Suu lace on the collar of her coat, and she runs around in the scorching sun.

I tried to sell it all day and finally sold it at night. I sold it for ten yuan, enough to rent another house.

Yes As for the rest of the money, isadora thought of a way to buy a box of tomatoes. After a week in a row, they will

Eat these tomatoes for a living. Without bread and salt, poor Mrs Duncan is too weak to sit up.

Yes Isadora goes out early every morning and tries his best to see the manager. In the end, she had to decide to do it as long as there was a job.

Anything will do. So she went to the employment agency.

"What can you do?" The agent asked her.

"Anything will do." Isadora replied.

"Hum, in my opinion, you know nothing!"

In despair, one day isadora went to the manager of the Masonic Roof Garden. He has a thick layer in his mouth.

Cigar, hat lowered one eye and watched her dance proudly.

"Well, you look good," he said, "and you are elegant. If you are willing to change, don't jump these, jump.

Order something exciting and then I can hire you. "

Thinking of his mother who was dizzy from hunger at home, isadora asked him, "What do you mean by' fidgety'?"

"Well," he said, "you didn't skip these. You have to wear a short skirt, add some lace and shake your thighs. You can get it from

Do some Greek dance, then turn the lace skirt and swing your thighs, which will attract attention. "

But where can she find a skirt with lace? Isadora knows it's no use asking for a loan or an advance payment.

She just said, I'll come back tomorrow with something exciting, and then she will come out.

It was a very hot day in Chicago. She wandered in the street, hungry and tired, and almost fainted. She suddenly

However, when I saw a branch of a department store next to me, I went in and asked to see the manager.

She was taken into the office, and a young man sat behind the desk, looking very friendly. So she explained to him,

She needs a skirt with lace tomorrow morning. If he can give her credit, she will definitely make a contract and pay.

The young man agreed to her request. A few years later, isadora met him again, when he had become.

Millionaire.

Isadora bought white and red fabrics to make skirts and flounces. Go home with a big bag of cloth,

Her mother is dying.

But Mrs Duncan insisted on sitting in bed and making clothes for her daughter. She worked all night and didn't start sewing until dawn.

Finish the last pleat.

Isadora went to see the manager again with a suit, and the band was ready for the audition.

"What music do you use?" He asked.

Isadora didn't consider this in advance and casually said, "Washington post!" this is a

A song that was very popular at that time.

When the music started, isadora tried his best to give the manager a "exciting" dance, editing while dancing.

The manager was very happy. He took the cigar out of his mouth and said, "Good jump! You can go on stage tomorrow night,

I want to announce a special program for you. "

He paid isadora $50 a week and paid her a week in advance.

Isadora performed under a stage name in the rooftop garden, which was a great success. But she was bored to death.

At the weekend, the manager offered to renew his contract and even showed him around.

Isadora refused. Although I am starving, this kind of behavior against my ideal is just to please the audience.

Isadora really doesn't want to do it anymore. She did it for the first time and for the last time.

This summer was one of the most painful periods in isadora's life. When I go to Chicago again, every time

The next time she sees this street, she will feel hungry and sick.

However, during this terrible experience, Mrs Duncan never offered to go home.

One day, someone gave isadora a business card and introduced her to Amber, the female assistant editor of a big Chicago newspaper.

Isadora went to see her. She is tall and thin, about fifty years old, with red hair. Isadora, talk to her.

I gave my opinion on dance.

Amber listened enthusiastically and invited isadora and her mother to the Bohemian Club.

You can meet writers and artists there.

That night, they went to the club. This club is just a few empty rooms at the top of a tall building.

There are some tables and chairs in it. Full of unusual characters, which isadora had never seen before. Amber stood among them,

Shouted in a man's voice:

"Bold Bohemians, come together! Bold Bohemians, come together! "

Every time she shouted, they raised their beer glasses and answered with cheers and songs.

Amid cheers, isadora danced that religious dance. Those bohemians

A little confused, I don't know what to do. However, they still thought isadora was a lovely little girl and invited her.

Invite her to attend every night.

Those "Bohemians" are a strange group of people, including poets, artists, actors and people of any nationality.

Both. They have only one thing in common: they are all broke. There are many "Bohemians", if not all.

If the music department eats sandwiches and beer provided by Amber, there is nothing to eat at all.

Among these people, there is a Polish named Mirovski. He is in his forties, with fluffy red curly hair and a red beard.

Blue eyes, usually sitting in the corner smoking a pipe, with a faint sneer, watching the after-hours program of Bohemian.

Of all the people who watched isadora's performance, only he understood her ideals and works.

He is also poor, but he often invites isadora and his mother to eat in a small restaurant or take them by tram.

Have a picnic in the country forest. He likes wild chrysanthemums very much. Whenever he comes to see isadora, he always holds many wild chrysanthemums.

Flowers. Therefore, when I see the golden chrysanthemum in the future, isadora will think of Mirowski's red hair and beard. ...

He is a poet and painter. He is very eccentric. He used to do business in Chicago for a living, but he didn't know how to do it at all.

Starving to death.

At that time, isadora was just a little girl, too young to understand his misfortune or love. She was at that time

My view of life is also purely lyrical and romantic, and I still don't understand all kinds of customs. It was a long time before she realized that she was excited.

Mirovski's fanatical feelings.

The man in his forties fell madly and foolishly in love with this naive little girl.

Mrs Duncan obviously lacks a hunch and still allows them to be alone for a long time.

Face to face alone and walking in the Woods for a long time have psychological effects. At last he couldn't help kissing.

She, and proposed to her. Isadora thought it was a great love in his life.

Summer is almost over, and their money is gone. Chicago is hopeless. They have to move out.

Living in new york.

But how to get there?

One day, isadora saw the famous Augustine Daley in the newspaper. His name was Ida Lynn.

The Star Troupe is in Chicago. She decided to meet the great man, because he appreciated America's favorite art and the most aesthetic works.

The reputation of a competent troupe manager.

For several afternoons and evenings, isadora stood at the door of the theater leading to the backstage, saying her last name over and over again.

Call Daley and ask him to meet. But people told her that he was too busy to let her see his assistant. Isadora (F.)

Resolutely refused, saying that he had to meet Daley in person and had something very important to say.

Finally, one evening, she was finally allowed to see the great man. He's beautiful, but

Strangers always act fierce. Isadora was frightened by him, but he finally got up the courage to publish No.

An unusually long speech:

"Mr Daley, I have an important idea to tell you. I'm afraid only you can understand the whole country. I found it.

Dance has discovered this art that has been lost for two thousand years. You are an outstanding stage artist. But your stage is gone.

However, there is one thing that once made ancient Greek drama so great, that is, the art of dance-tragic chorus.

Without it, the head and trunk lose the legs that support them. Now I dedicate this dance to you. I

Brought you enough ideas to make earth-shaking changes in our whole era. Where did I find it?

From the Pacific Ocean, from the rolling pine forests of the Sierra Nevada. I saw young America dancing on the top of Loki.

The ideal posture for dancing. The most outstanding poet in our country is walt whitman. I found this dance enough to compete with Whit.

Mann's poems are comparable. I can really be said to be Whitman's spiritual daughter. I want to design a watch for American children.

The new dance of American spirit now brings your theater the soul of life that it lacks-dancers.

Soul. Because you know ... "

The big-name manager interjected impatiently: "Come on, stop that now! Stop it! "

Isadora tried to ignore him and continued: "Because you know," she continued, raising her voice.

Continued: "Drama is born of dance, and the first actor is a dancer. He can sing and dance well, and the tragedy is that.

Born this way. The original great art of dancers can't exist in your theater until they return to the theater.

A real performance! "

Daley didn't know what to do when he saw the thin and eccentric child dare to lecture him in this tone.

Treatment, he just replied:

"Well, I rehearsed a pantomime in new york and played a small role. June 65438+1 October1can come to the rehearsal.

If it suits me, I will hire you. What's your name? "

"My name is isadora." She answered.

"Sounds good, isadora," he said. "All right, isadora, let's meet in new york on June 65438+1 October1."

Isadora was overjoyed and hurried home to tell her mother.

"Mom, someone really appreciates me," she said. "The famous Mr Daley hired me. 65438+ 10 month 1

We must arrive in new york before. "

"OK," said Mrs Duncan, "but how can I get a train ticket?"

This is really a difficult problem. Isadora used his quick wits to send a telegram to a friend in San Francisco:

To be appointed by Mr. Daley, he must arrive in new york on 10/day, and quickly wire 1 00 yuan for travel expenses.

A miracle happened and the money came. At the same time, her sister Elizabeth and her brother Augustine also came. see

After reading the telegram, they all came to see her. The whole family got on the train and went to new york with great expectation and happiness.

Isadora thought, in any case, society will recognize me! If she can think for a moment that she will endure it in the future.

What a tiring long time it took to get this recognition. I'm afraid she will have the courage to die.

Mirovski was very sad at the thought of leaving isadora soon. However, they vowed to love each other forever. Isador

Barbara also explained to him that if she made a fortune in new york, they would have no problem getting married. In fact, she is not serious about getting married.

What confidence do you have? It's just that it's the only way to make her mother happy.

New york's first impression on isadora is that it is more beautiful and artistic than Chicago. On the other hand, it can

Isadora is very happy to come to the seaside again. Living in a mainland city, she always feels quite stuffy.

They stayed in a hotel where meals were served. The boarding passengers there are bizarre, like bohemians.

Asians have the same common fault: anyone who can't pay the bill is in danger of being thrown out of the store at any time.

One morning, isadora reported to the backstage gate of Daley Theatre and was once again taken to see the great man.

She tried to explain the idea to him again, but he was busy and full of ideas.

"We hired a mime star from Paris, Jane May." He said, "If you can mime, I can give you extra points."

Match a role. "

Isadora reluctantly accepted the role. So she took the script home to study.

Look into it. The whole work seems stupid to her, which is out of proportion to her ideal interest.

Isadora was disappointed at the first rehearsal.

Mei is a short woman with a bad temper and often flies into a rage. Isadora accused.

Fang means "you", pressing your chest hard means "love", and punching your chest hard means "I"

The meaning of. All this seems ridiculous to her. Isadora was listless and did badly.

David Mei was very unhappy and complained to Daley that isadora had no talent and was not qualified for the role.

When isadora heard these words, he immediately thought that the whole family would be trapped in a terrible inn and leave the stones there.

At the mercy of a kind-hearted shopkeeper, I saw a skinny glee club girl detained the day before.

The scene of being thrown into the street, and at the same time I remembered the suffering of my poor mother in Chicago, I couldn't help crying.

Come out and roll down your cheeks.

Seeing her pain, Mr. Daley's face softened. He patted isadora on the shoulder,

He said to Mei, "You see, she has an expression when she cries. She can learn. "

But these rehearsals are hell for isadora. However, young people are adaptable, and she finally got in.

Get into the mood of this role.

May plays the role of pierrot. There is a scene in which isadora shows his love to pierrot. Three different pieces of music

In the room, she had to go over and kiss pierrot on the cheek three times. In the rehearsal, she worked very hard to perform this paragraph, which was unexpected.

I printed red lipstick on Mei's fair face. May immediately flew into a rage and gave isadora a slap in the face.

Light.

However, as the rehearsal progressed, isadora marveled at the pantomime actress's unusual and energetic expression.

The opening night is coming. Mrs Duncan sat in the front row, watching her daughter's performance, and could hardly bear to witness it. Even so,

She didn't offer to go back to San Francisco. But isadora found his mother disappointed. It took so much effort to get it.

The result is so poor!

During the rehearsal of this pantomime, there was no salary. They were kicked out.