A Selection Of Isadora Duncan Dances The Shubert Selection By Sylvia Gold

A Selection Of Isadora Duncan Dances
The Shubert Selection By Sylvia Gold

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This book is dedicated to my teacher, Irma Duncan.

Irma Duncan

To My Husband Ben, Thank You.

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A Selection Of Isadora Duncan Dances
The Shubert Selection
By Sylvia Gold, Duncan Dancer, Teacher, & Director Founderof the Isadora Duncan Repertory Dance Company Original Dances By Isadora Duncan, Choreographed To Music By Franz Schubert Dance Writer & Copyist: Lorraine Spada, Certified Teacher, Sutton Dance Writing

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A Selection Of Isadora Duncan Dances
The Schubert Selection
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Foreword by Gemze de Lappe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Introduction by Sylvia Gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Isadora Duncan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 The Costumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 The Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 The Dance Writer & Copyist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Sutton Dance Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 The Schubert Selection The Lullaby Solo - Op. 33 No. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 The Ballspiel Solo - Op. 91a No. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 The Tanagra Solo - Op. 9b No. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 The Slide Solo - Op. 33 No. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 The Waterstudy Solo - Op. 91a No. 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 The Moment Musicale Solo - Op. 94 No. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....