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Isadora (ballet)

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310: 61:, the ballet was not seen until revised in consultation with MacMillan's widow, and revived by the company in 2009. The scenario in the ballet concentrates on the dramatic events in Duncan's personal life and her relationships with four of her partners. Set in the United States, France, and Russia, events covered in the ballet include her relationships with 57:, the title role is taken jointly by a ballerina and by an actress, whose spoken text is drawn from sections of the memoirs of Duncan. Following the initial run at Covent Garden and performances 405: 19: 69:
in the first two decades of the 20th century, and the tragic drowning of her three children fathered by those men in the River Seine in 1913, as well as her marriage to
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with the original cast and broadcast in 1982, subsequently being issued on DVD in 2011 by Odeon Entertainment, as the accompaniment to the 1968 feature film
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Royal Opera House Collections Online, Performance Database > Isadora > Isadora (1981) > Isadora 30 April 1981 Evening
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The ballet was featured in the 50th anniversary BBC programme, 'Right Royal Company', in May 1981 and was filmed by
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This article is about Kenneth MacMillan's ballet. For Frederick Ashton's ballet, see
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Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan
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Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan
Royal Ballet
Kenneth MacMillan
Richard Rodney Bennett
Gillian Freeman
Isadora Duncan
Isadora Duncan
New York
Paris Singer
Edward Gordon Craig
Sergei Yesenin
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden
Merle Park
Barry Kay
Granada Television
Isadora
Merle Park
Mary Miller
Derek Deane
Oskar Beregi
Julian Hosking
Edward Gordon Craig
Derek Rencher
Monica Mason
Laura Connor
Loie Fuller
Ashley Page
André Caplet
David Drew

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