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From Cynthia Splatt: The dances for Gluck's Orpheus were remarkable in their scope. Isadora played one of the Blessed Spirits in the Elysian Fields but also the Furies in Hades. Her portrayal of the damned and demonic Furies was unlike any dance seen on stage before. Sweeping the stage with her hair, clawing the air with contorted fingers, mouthing unutterable screams, vainly writhing in hideously reptilian postures, she was repulsive to behold, the personification of impotent evil. This was dance at its ugliest—a terrifying portrayal of the dark side of soul. This was Modern Dance, unafraid of the reality. Even the once uncertain American audiences appreciated her work.
Holy Trinity 1994 Duncan Dance Continuum.mp4
Duncan dance works in performance, presented by Duncan Dance Continuum in 1994 at Holy Trinity Church.
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