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Lot Essay
Bourdelle, like many Parisians, discovered Isadora Duncan at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris in 1909, and was inspired by her when he sculpted the reliefs on the façade of the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, avenue Montaigne, in Paris. Isadora Duncan was the most celebrated dancer of her time and created not only a new style of dancing, but also a new way to dance: she would only wear a Greek tunic and no shoes.
Born in San Francisco and trained as a dancer by her mother, she arrived in Paris aged 22. There she created a school of dancing and performed for the first time in public at the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt in 1903. From 1909 she became a very successful dancer and created numerous schools across Europe. After World War I she was less successful, with failed attempts to create a school in Moscow in 1922, and another in Nice with her brother Raymond. She died in 1927 in tragic circumstances, when the scarf she was wearing became entangled in the wheels of her car and strangled her.
Born in San Francisco and trained as a dancer by her mother, she arrived in Paris aged 22. There she created a school of dancing and performed for the first time in public at the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt in 1903. From 1909 she became a very successful dancer and created numerous schools across Europe. After World War I she was less successful, with failed attempts to create a school in Moscow in 1922, and another in Nice with her brother Raymond. She died in 1927 in tragic circumstances, when the scarf she was wearing became entangled in the wheels of her car and strangled her.