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Viviana Durante Company: Isadora Now review " tribute to a trailblazer

by Sanjoy Roy

Barbican, LondonSweeping nostalgia meets occult menace in this three-part homage to dance pioneer Isadora Duncan Isadora Duncan was a founding figure of modern dance. Replacing ballet's pointe shoes, tutus and technical armoury of steps with bare feet, loose tunics and a faith in natural movement was both a rebellion against its artifices and a radical way to cast off the corsetry of 19th-century femininity, and proc…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12am on February 26, 2020