Editing Isadora Duncan (section)

===Relationships===
[[File:1923. Esen duncan.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Duncan and [[Sergei Yesenin]] in 1923]]
When Duncan stayed at the Viareggio seaside resort with Eleonora Duse, Duse had just left a relationship with the rebellious and epicene young [[feminist]] [[Lina Poletti]]. This fueled speculation as to the nature of Duncan and Duse's relationship, but there has never been any indication that the two were involved romantically.

Duncan was loving by nature and was close to her mother, siblings and all of her male and female friends.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.glbtq.com/arts/duse_e.html |title=Duse, Eleanora (1859–1924) |encyclopedia=glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture |date=2006-09-10 |access-date=2007-07-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703160440/http://www.glbtq.com/arts/duse_e.html |archive-date=2007-07-03 }}</ref> Later on, in 1921, after the end of the Russian Revolution, Duncan moved to Moscow, where she met the poet [[Sergei Yesenin]], who was eighteen years her junior. On May 2, 1922, they married, and Yesenin accompanied her on a tour of Europe and the United States. However, the marriage was brief as they grew apart while getting to know each other. In May 1923, Yesenin returned to Moscow. Two years later, on December 28, 1925, he was found dead in his room in the [[Hotel Angleterre]] in [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]] (formerly St Petersburg and Petrograd), in an apparent suicide.<ref name="chronology">[https://serge-esenin.jimdo.com/биография/хронологическая-канва-жизни-и-творчества-с-а-есенина/ S.A. Yesenin. Life and Work Chronology] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918055525/http://serge-esenin.jimdo.com/%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%8F/%D1%85%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B8-%D0%B8-%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D1%81-%D0%B0-%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0/ |date=2016-09-18 }}. The Complete Works by S.A. Yesenin in 7 Volumes. Nauka Publishers, 2002 // Хронологическая канва жизни и творчества. Есенин С. А. Полное собрание сочинений: В 7 т. – М.: Наука; Голос, 1995–2002.</ref>

Duncan also had a relationship with the poet and playwright [[Mercedes de Acosta]], as documented in numerous revealing letters they wrote to each other.<ref>Hugo Vickers, ''Loving Garbo: The Story of Greta Garbo, Cecil Beaton, and Mercedes de Acosta'', Random House, 1994.</ref> In one, Duncan wrote, "Mercedes, lead me with your little strong hands and I will follow you – to the top of a mountain. To the end of the world. Wherever you wish."<ref>Schanke (2006)</ref>

However, the claim of a purported relationship made after Duncan’s death by de Acosta (a controversial figure for her alleged relations) is in dispute.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barnett |first=David |date=2024-03-02 |title=Mercedes de Acosta: The poet who had affairs with the 20th century's most famous women |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/02/mercedes-de-acosta-the-poet-who-had-affairs-with-the-20th-centurys-most-famous-women |access-date=2024-10-15 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=GarboForever - Garbo's letters to Mercedes de Acosta |url=http://www.garboforever.com/Letters_to_or_by_Garbo-5.htm |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=www.garboforever.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Salter |first=Stephanie |date=April 20, 2000 |title=The proof is in Garbo's letters: The best is silence |url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/the-proof-is-in-garbo-s-letters-the-best-is-3064454.php |access-date=October 15, 2024 |website=SFGate.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite video|title=Greta Garbo: A Lone Star|year=2001|author=Cole, Steve (director)|publisher=[[American Movie Classics]]|medium=Television production|minutes=39.98–40.5}}</ref> Friends and relatives of Duncan believed her claim is false based on forged letters and done for publicity’s sake.<ref name=":2" /> In addition, Lily Dikovskaya, one of Duncan’s students from her Moscow School, wrote in ''In Isadora’s Steps'' that Duncan “was focused on higher things”.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Dikovskaya |first=Lily |title=In Isadora's Steps: The Story of Isadora Duncan's School in Moscow, Told By Her Favourite Pupil |publisher=Book Guild Ltd |year=2008 |isbn=978-1846241864 |pages=25, 39, 48}}</ref>{{clear left}}