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Isadora Duncan

1877 - 1927

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Angela Isadora Duncan (May 26, 1877, or May 27, 1878 – September 14, 1927) was an American-born dancer and choreographer, who was a pioneer of modern contemporary dance and performed to great acclaim throughout Europe and the United States. Born and raised in California, she lived and danced in Western Europe, the U.S., and Soviet Russia from the age of 22. She died when her scarf became entangled in the wheel and axle of the car in which she was travelling in Nice, France. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isadora Duncan is the 2nd most popular dancer, the 129th most popular biography from United States (down from 116th in 2019) and the most popular American Dancer.

Isadora Duncan is most famous for being the mother of modern dance. She was born in San Francisco, California, and moved to Paris with her family when she was six years old. Duncan was a pioneer of modern dance, and she was the first dancer to perform without the use of ballet shoes.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Isadora Duncan ranks 2 out of 116. Before her are Mata Hari. After her are Rudolf Nureyev, Anna Pavlova, Josephine Baker, Vaslav Nijinsky, Marie Taglioni, Maurice Béjart, Pina Bausch, Marius Petipa, Bobby Farrell, and Mikhail Baryshnikov.

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Among people born in 1877, Isadora Duncan ranks 3. Before her are Hermann Hesse, and Muhammad Iqbal. After her are Charles Glover Barkla, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Frederick Soddy, Francis William Aston, Wilhelm Frick, Joan Gamper, Heinrich Otto Wieland, James Jeans, and Frank Marshall. Among people deceased in 1927, Isadora Duncan ranks 2. Before her is Svante Arrhenius. After her are Carlota of Mexico, Ferdinand I of Romania, Willem Einthoven, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Juan Gris, Albrecht Kossel, Gaston Leroux, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Hugo Ball, and Andranik.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Isadora Duncan ranks 129 out of 20,380. Before her are Dr. Seuss (1904), Paul Newman (1925), Woodrow Wilson (1856), Gerald Ford (1913), Charles Bronson (1921), and D. W. Griffith (1875). After her are Lyndon B. Johnson (1908), Henry David Thoreau (1817), Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929), Michael Douglas (1944), Noam Chomsky (1928), and H. P. Lovecraft (1890).

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Among DANCERS In United States

Among dancers born in United States, Isadora Duncan ranks 1. After her are Josephine Baker (1906), Martha Graham (1894), Merce Cunningham (1919), William Forsythe (1949), John Neumeier (1939), Adam Darius (1930), Maria Tallchief (1925), Alvin Ailey (1931), Frankie Manning (1914), Katherine Dunham (1909), and Yvonne Rainer (1934).

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