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Serpentine Dance was originally created as an experiment . The piece was inspired by the skirt dances Fuller had done in previous years, -
The manifesto was housed in a speech entitled “The Dance of the Future” given in Germany and became the words that defined a new genre of dance.
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The dance used a combination of fabric manipulation and Fuller’s light inventions. The illusion of Fuller being consumed by fire was created with floor lights that were directed at her costume through a glass plate that had been placed in a stage opening . -
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The Isadorables were group of six Duncan dancers named by French Poet, Fernand Divoire, -
Fuller produced, directed, and starred in the short film Fire Dance
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the company and school was created by both Ruth st . Denis and Ted Shawn . This school could be considered the first official training school of dance in America and trained many of those who would become the 1st major generation of true modern dance creators.
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Even though she swore she’d never marry, she did have one short, unsuccessful marriage to Sergei Esenin
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she was asked by the president of Adelphi University to create the 1st college dance program in nation. She agreed, but only stayed a short time because other interests took precedence over administering the program.