A woman who has never been afraid to go againstpublic opinion ... Her first fiancé was 29 years older, and her only husband was 18 years younger. She is still known to all as a dancer, but her innovative dance style at that time died with her, although she tried to establish her schools in different countries to perpetuate her own vision of plastic and choreography. Such was Isadora Duncan, whose biography will be considered in this article. Her scandalous and unusual life was interrupted by an equally extravagant death. But the trace that she left in history has not yet caught a cold.
The first step of the future famous dancerlife framed before her birth. By the time the baby was supposed to be born, the family already had three children. Yes, only the family itself was not. The father, who turned a large banking scam, fled, leaving his pregnant wife and children to fend for themselves. He took all the money with him and never appeared in the life of his youngest daughter.
It was 1877.Or maybe the 1878th ... January stood outside. Or perhaps May ... The fact is that the exact date of birth of little Dora Angela Duncan is unknown. She was born in a noisy San Francisco under the angry cries of the investors deceived by her father who raged under the windows of the house.
These tests, although they were completea surprise for her mother, did not break the decisive woman. She promised herself that, in spite of everything, she would raise children and provide them with everything they need. By profession, Dora's mother, Angela, was a musician, and to support her family, she had to work hard, giving lessons.
She really managed to get everyone on their feettheir children, and even give them a very good education. But she could not physically pay enough personal attention to the children. In order not to leave her little daughter for a long time at home alone, the mother sooner sent the girl to school, hiding her real age.
Однако вечера самоотверженной матери безраздельно belonged to children. She played for them favorite works of Chopin, Mozart, Beethoven and other great composers. From early childhood, Duncan Isadora listened to the poetry of William Shakespeare and poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Dora Angela began to be interested in mencompletely at a young age. When she was only eleven years old, Dore Angela was attracted to a young man named Vernon, who worked in a pharmacy warehouse. She was so persistent in her desire that the boy was eventually forced to come up with a non-existent engagement. And only when he assured her that he would soon marry, she retreated.
However, do not hurriedly conclude that DoraAngela was a licentious nymphet. This would be a clear distortion of the facts. The pursuit of Vernon was persistent, but childishly innocent. Nevertheless, this episode from her life already tells a lot about the character of this eccentric person, which she will remain until her last breath. Isadora Duncan, whose biography will include more than one male name on her pages, will be fully revealed as a woman much later.
Dora Angela opened her first dance school insix years. In the role of students there were neighbour's children. Understandably, it was just a child's play. But by the age of 10, he and his sister were already really earning something by teaching dance. Dora Angela talked about the new dance system, which, of course, was not there at the time. The girl simply taught the children beautiful movements, which she herself spontaneously invented. Anyway, this was already the first steps towards the creation of a new author's style of dance.
We can not say that studying in general educationschool was given to Dore Angela with difficulty. Rather, on the contrary - she was just plain bored. She often ran away from school and spent hours wandering around the seashore, listening to the slow roar of the elements and watching the waves rolling on the beach.
At thirteen years old young student decided that enoughburn time on the student bench, and dropped out of school. She decided to devote her life to music and dance. A big success for a teenage girl without money and protection was the consent of the dancer Maria Louis Fuller to take her as a student.
Having studied for several years, talented, butthe impatient Dora Angela goes to conquer Chicago, taking with her mother and brother. At this time, she takes her stage name Duncan Isadora. But Chicago was in no hurry to fall to the feet of the new-fangled dancer, although her performances had some success. But she was completely obeyed by a very specific lover of fine arts in the person of 45-year-old Ivan Mirotsky - an unemployed immigrant from Poland.
Если вспомнить, что Айседоре в то время не успело turn 17 years old, it is easy to imagine how strange and not quite natural it was in this couple. Her family was not thrilled with such a party, but they didn’t repair the malicious obstacles. And on the opinion of society Isadora was frankly spit.
The novel of Isadora and Mirotsky lasted a year and a half. It was a period of true courtship in the spirit of that era. The maximum that the loving couple allowed itself is kisses during joint walks.
Finally, the wedding day was set and started.preparations for the celebration. Perhaps a completely different story would have appeared in Isadora Duncan — the wife and the honorable mother of the family. But this did not happen, because Mirotsky kept a terrible secret - he was already married, and his lawful spouse lived in London. Shortly before the wedding, her brother finds out about it, and the engagement is terminated.
Isadora did not suffer for the failedmarriage, and went to play in New York. Here she achieved some success. She enjoyed admiring her improvised dances in the grand salons. But Duncan understood the need to move forward.
And then she went around the wives of the local rich and underon various excuses, she summoned a total of several hundred dollars from them. This money was enough to buy a place to travel to yourself, mother, brother and sister to London. True, I had to go in the hold intended for transporting livestock, but neither Isadora herself nor her family were spoiled by excesses in life, and therefore they tolerated this journey fairly well.
Upon arrival in London, she goes straight toOne of the most expensive hotels, pushes the night porter and tells him that they have just come from the train and will soon bring their luggage. She orders a room and breakfast, and in the morning they all the family quietly slip away from the hotel, since all funds were spent on the move.
It was not the last gambledeager for recognition dancer. Isadora Duncan’s life is full of witty and extravagant decisions. She shamelessly took advantage of the people around her. This was especially true for men. Isadora systematically honed her art of seduction and, when she had the opportunity, applied it to enthusiastic fans.
But first and foremost, Duncan was stillactress She sought to recognize her talent and understood that she would not be without help. And this help came in the face of the then popular actress Campbell, who believed in the perspectivity of a fresh style and gave Isadora a loud debut as an "exotic dancer" at one of the secular receptions.
In 1921, Duncan received an officialinvitation to open a dance school in Moscow. She gladly accepted it and, with faith in a happy future - her own and this great country, striving for change, went to Russia.
Once at the reception, which was arranged in the houseDuncan, Sergey Yesenin came. Thus met two bright and extraordinary personalities who immediately rushed to each other with all the ardor and spontaneity of their characters.
Isadora Duncan and Yesenin quickly became the subjectgossip in the capital and even beyond. They were very different, did not know the language of each other, but nevertheless continued to meet. Neither the significant age difference nor the impossibility of simply communicating without an interpreter stopped them.
For the first time in many years, the freedom-loving Isadora Duncan decided to tie herself to an official marriage. Yesenin, intoxicated with the glory of the chosen one, considered this move to be quite natural.
The idyll of two representatives of Bohemia did not last long. There is an opinion that Sergey envied the popularity of his wife. He was ambitious and wanted to be the center of attention.
When the first passion passed, he got more andbegan to notice more on the appearance of the spouses prints left over the years. Yesenin and his wife were very rude. A lot of unjust and baseless warfare has heard Isadora Duncan in her address. Whose wife suffered the same reproaches? Perhaps, to some extent, it was defended by the fact that she simply did not understand Russian. But Yesenin began to allow himself to beat his wife. And it was simply impossible not to understand this appeal.
Divorce was only a matter of time. But even after that, Duncan Isadora, faithful to herself, retained warm feelings for Esenin. She never allowed herself to say something bad or disrespectful to the poet.
In 1927, Duncan Isadora was in Nice.She loved to drive fast and often went on walks in an open car. And this sunny autumn day, she decided to ride, as usual. Tying a beautiful scarf around her neck and effectively throwing it behind her back, she got into the car, said goodbye to her friends and ordered the driver to touch it. They did not have time to drive far. The end of the scarf hit the spokes of the wheel, entangled in them and broke the woman's neck. So overtook her inexorable death. Isadora Duncan lived swiftly and ended her life with a deafening chord, last loudly announcing herself.
