Definition of Isadora duncan

1. Noun. United States dancer and pioneer of modern dance (1878-1927).

Exact synonyms: Duncan
Generic synonyms: Dancer, Professional Dancer, Terpsichorean

Lexicographical Neighbors of Isadora Duncan

Isaac M. Singer
Isaac Mayer Wise
Isaac Merrit Singer
Isaac Newton
Isaac Stern
Isaac Watts
Isaack
Isabel
Isabell
Isabella
Isabella I
Isabella Stewart Gardner
Isabella the Catholic
Isabelle
Isadora
Isadora Duncan
Isadore
Isaiah
Isaias
Isak Dinesen
Isamine blue
Isamu Noguchi
Isan
Isatis tinctoria
Isauria
Iscariot
Iscariots
Ischigualastia
Isere
Isere River

Literary usage of Isadora duncan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Women as World Builders: Studies in Modern Feminism by Floyd Dell (1913)
"... AND isadora duncan I HOPE that no one will see in the con- -•• juncture of these names a mere wanton fantasy, or a mere sensational contrast. ..."

2. Dancing and Dancers of Today: The Modern Revival of Dancing as an Art by Caroline Caffin (1912)
"... CHAPTER III isadora duncan MAY the combination of two arts enhance, or must it detract from, the beauty of each? Is the spirit of each a thing so ..."

3. Putnam's & the Reader (1909)
"From a sketch by Christina Wright isadora duncan put it out of sight when Lady ... MI understand that Miss isadora duncan is not pleased with the atti- tude ..."

4. Theatrical and Musical Memoirs by Rudolph Aronson (1913)
"... and His Pupil— A State Concert at Buckingham Palace—Of isadora duncan, Maud Allan, Ruth St. Denis, and Thamara de Swirsky—The Difficulties of a Manager. ..."

5. Women as World Builders: Studies in Modern Feminism by Floyd Dell (1913)
"... AND isadora duncan I HOPE that no one will see in the con- -•• juncture of these names a mere wanton fantasy, or a mere sensational contrast. ..."

6. Dancing and Dancers of Today: The Modern Revival of Dancing as an Art by Caroline Caffin (1912)
"... CHAPTER III isadora duncan MAY the combination of two arts enhance, or must it detract from, the beauty of each? Is the spirit of each a thing so ..."

7. Putnam's & the Reader (1909)
"From a sketch by Christina Wright isadora duncan put it out of sight when Lady ... MI understand that Miss isadora duncan is not pleased with the atti- tude ..."

8. Theatrical and Musical Memoirs by Rudolph Aronson (1913)
"... and His Pupil— A State Concert at Buckingham Palace—Of isadora duncan, Maud Allan, Ruth St. Denis, and Thamara de Swirsky—The Difficulties of a Manager. ..."

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