Editing Isadora Duncan (section)

== In popular culture ==
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Duncan has attracted literary and artistic attention from the 1920s to the present, in novels, film, ballet, theatre, music, and poetry.

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In literature, Duncan is portrayed in:
* [[Aleister Crowley]]'s ''[[Moonchild (novel)|Moonchild]]'' (as 'Lavinia King'), published in 1923.<ref name="Churton2012">{{cite book|author=Tobias Churton|title=Aleister Crowley: The Biography: Spiritual Revolutionary, Romantic Explorer, Occult Master – and Spy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LFw8CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT135|date=1 January 2012|publisher=Watkins Media Limited|isbn=978-1-78028-134-6|pages=135}}</ref>
* [[Upton Sinclair]]'s [[World's End (Sinclair novel)|''World's End'']] (1940) and [[Between Two Worlds (novel)|''Between Two Worlds'']] (1941), the first two novels in his Pulitzer Prize winning [[Lanny Budd]] series.<ref name="Sinclair2001">{{cite book|author=Upton Sinclair|title=Between Two Worlds I|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CXBXiMXCn8EC&pg=PA172|date=1 January 2001|publisher=Simon Publications LLC|isbn=978-1-931313-02-5|page=172}}</ref>
* [[Amelia Gray]]'s novel ''Isadora'' (2017).<ref name="NPR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/05/25/528842969/a-dancer-is-unstrung-by-grief-in-isadora|title=A Dancer is Unstrung By Grief in 'Isadora'|work=NPR|date=25 May 2017|last1=Schaub|first1=Michael}}</ref>
* ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series)|A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'', in which two characters are named after her, [[Isadora Quagmire]] and [[Duncan Quagmire]].<ref name="NPR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/07/15/6253438/a-series-of-unfortunate-literary-allusions|title=A Series Of Unfortunate Literary Allusions|work=NPR|date=12 October 2006|last1=Kramer|first1=Melody Joy}}</ref>
* The poem ''Fever 103'' by [[Sylvia Plath]], in which the speaker alludes to Isadora's scarves.<ref name="Brain2014">{{cite book|author=Dr Tracy Brain|title=The Other Sylvia Plath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B14SBAAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA15|date=22 July 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-88160-5|pages=1–}}</ref>

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Among the films and television shows featuring Duncan are:
* In 1965, a youthful Isadora Duncan was portrayed by Kathy Garver in the television show ''[[Death Valley Days]]''.<ref>{{cite book | last=Garver | first=K. | title=Surviving Cissy: My Family Affair of Life in Hollywood | publisher=Globe Pequot | year=2015 | isbn=978-1-63076-116-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AACJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA3 | access-date=July 26, 2024 | page=3}}</ref>
* The 1966 [[BBC]] [[biopic]] by Kenneth Russell, ''[[Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World]]'', which was introduced by Duncan's biographer, [[Sewell Stokes]], Duncan was played by [[Vivian Pickles]].<ref name="Daly2010">{{cite book|author=Ann Daly|title=Done into Dance: Isadora Duncan in America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t8EK4UqQq2cC&pg=PT31|date=1 March 2010|publisher=Wesleyan University Press|isbn=978-0-8195-7096-3|page=221}}</ref>
* The 1968 film ''[[Isadora (film)|Isadora]]'', nominated for the ''[[Palme d'Or]]'' at [[Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]], stars [[Vanessa Redgrave]] as Duncan. The film was based in part of Duncan's autobiography. Redgrave was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for her performance as Duncan.<ref name="Daly2010" /><ref>{{IMDb title|0063141|Isadora}}</ref>
* In 1976, ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' parodied Isadora Duncan in a ''Great Moments in Herstory'' sketch during Season 1, Episode 15. Hosted by [[Jill Clayburgh]], the skit featured Clayburgh as Duncan and [[Gilda Radner]] in a comedic retelling of the dancer’s tragic demise, exaggerating the absurdity of her fatal scarf accident.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jill Clayburgh {{!}} Actress, Soundtrack |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001049/?ref_=nm_rvi_t_1 |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Archival footage of Duncan was used in the 1985 popular documentary ''[[That's Dancing!]]''.<ref name="ClineWeiner2010">{{cite book|author1=John Cline|author2=Robert G. Weiner|title=From the Arthouse to the Grindhouse: Highbrow and Lowbrow Transgression in Cinema's First Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VKhqh3HFH8AC&pg=PA241|date=17 July 2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7655-2|pages=241}}</ref><ref name=name>{{IMDb name|0241984|Isadora Duncan}}</ref>
* A 1989 documentary, ''Isadora Duncan: Movement from the Soul'', was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 1989 [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref name="Lust2012">{{cite book|author=Annette Lust|title=Bringing the Body to the Stage and Screen: Expressive Movement for Performers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4b2lrWxMEzsC&pg=PA314|year=2012|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-8212-6|page=314}}</ref>
* In 2016, [[Lily-Rose Depp]] portrayed Duncan in ''[[The Dancer (2016 film)|The Dancer]]'', a French biographical musical drama of dancer [[Loie Fuller]].<ref name="Sep2015V">{{cite news |last1=Keslassy |first1=Elsa |date=September 24, 2015 |title=Lily-Rose Depp to Star as Isadora Duncan in 'The Dancer' |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/global/lily-rose-depp-to-star-as-isadora-duncan-in-the-dancer-1201601820/ |access-date=December 29, 2015}}</ref>

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Ballets based on Duncan include:
* In 1976 [[Frederick Ashton]] created a short ballet entitled ''[[Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan]]'' on [[Lynn Seymour]], in which "Ashton fused Duncan's style with an imprint of his own"; [[Marie Rambert]] claimed after seeing it that it was exactly as she remembered Duncan dancing.<ref name="Kav">Kavanagh J. ''Secret Muses: The Life of Frederick Ashton.'' Faber & Faber Ltd, London, 1996, p543.</ref>
* In 1981, she was the subject of a [[ballet]], ''[[Isadora (ballet)|Isadora]]'', written and [[Choreography|choreographed]] by the [[Royal Ballet]]'s [[Kenneth MacMillan]], and performed at [[Covent Garden]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050311060501/http://www.barry-kay-archive.org/NOTES_TEXTS/NT_IS_Spencer.html "''Isadora'' (1981 ballet)"] on the ''Barry Kay Archive'' website. Retrieved: April 6, 2008</ref>

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On the theatre stage, Duncan is portrayed in:
* A 1991 stage play ''When She Danced'' by [[Martin Sherman (dramatist)|Martin Sherman]] about Duncan's later years, won the [[Evening Standard Awards|Evening Standard Award]] for [[Vanessa Redgrave]] as Best Actress.<ref>{{cite book|author=Carrie J. Preston|title=Modernisms Mythic Pose: Gender, Genre, Solo Performance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cfVoAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA293|date=2011-08-08|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-987744-7|pages=293–294}}</ref>

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Duncan is featured in music in:
* [[Celia Cruz]] recorded a track titled Isadora Duncan with the [[Fania All-Stars]] for the album ''Cross Over'' released in 1979.<ref name="Rivera1989">{{cite book|author=Angel G. Quintero Rivera|title=Music, Social Classes, and the National Question of Puerto Rico|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tBMoAAAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars|page=34}}</ref>
* Rock musician [[Vic Chesnutt]] included a song about Duncan on his debut album ''Little''.<ref name="Buckley2003">{{cite book|author=Peter Buckley|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PT195|year=2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-84353-105-0|page=195}}</ref>
*[[The Magnetic Fields]] song "Jeremy" on their second album ''[[The Wayward Bus (album)|The Wayward Bus]]'' refers to Duncan and her "impossibly long white scarves."<ref name="Genius 1992 d779">{{cite web | title= The Magnetic Fields - Jeremy | website=Genius | date=1992-01-01 | url=https://genius.com/The-magnetic-fields-jeremy-lyrics | access-date=2023-07-14}}</ref>
* Post-hardcore band [[Burden of a Day]]'s 2009 album Oneonethousand features a track titled "Isadora Duncan". The lyrics include references to a letter Duncan wrote to poet Mercedes de Acosta and her reported last words of "Je vais à l'amour."