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Leggenda e clamore ruotano ancora come un vortice attorno alla drammatica figura di Isadora Duncan, la pionieristica danzatrice moderna che dalla provincia d'America nel XIX secolo arrivò ad incantare tutte le capitali della cultura europea, reinventando la danza come arte e lasciando uno strascico di scandalo sulla sua scia. Dal precoce anticonformismo giovanile alla tragica morte sulla Costa Azzurra, il viaggio di Isadora fu una continua ricerca senza compromessi della verità, della bellezza e della libertà. A piedi nudi e senza corsetto, sconvolse e affascinò Vecchio e Nuovo Mondo con i suoi movimenti fluenti quanto le sue vesti, in anni in cui la gran parte delle donne era soffocata da busti deformanti, privata del voto e reclusa in cucina.In questa elegante e personale biografia disegnata, la scrittrice e illustratrice newyorchese Sabrina Jones cattura, in uno stile artistico appassionato, il talento di Isadora nello sfidare coraggiosamente la tradizione ad ogni suo passo. Introduzione di Lori Belilove.
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- Pagine: 132
- Data di uscita: 01-01-2011
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To articulate the intricate story of a maverick, any real maverick, is no easy feat. And to tell the story of Isadora Duncan would be hard for even the most ambitious of biographers, but Sabrina Jones chose a good medium in which to attempt it. In her debut graphic biography, Jones captures Duncan's Leggi tutto
Isadora was one wild and visionary woman. This was a fine graphic biography. I've always thought the graphic novel is a wonderful medium for telling the story of a person's life.
This was good. I met Sabrina Jones when she was a guest artist for my MFA program—she’d mentioned that she was writing this book, but I’d completely forgotten until I opened the back cover and saw her picture. Anyway, a nice introduction to the life and art of Isadora Duncan. Most of the biographica Leggi tutto
Loved this. I thought it was cleverly written and informative, and it was a fascinating format to learn about someone I hadn't known much about. Looking forward to seeing more by Jones.
Isadora Duncan: A Graphic Biography is a biographical graphic novel written and illustrated by Sabrina Jones and edited by Paul M. Buhle with a Forward by Lori Belilove. It is an admiring glance at the truncated life and roller-coaster times of the woman who traversed three continents to revolutioni Leggi tutto
Black-and-white GN biography of Duncan following her whole life, though focused on the time after she started touring. (That said, she started pretty young.) I thought this did a good job of presenting Duncan in a fair way. It showed how she was seen in various places, talked about her views and show Leggi tutto
2.5 It was okay - Isadora Duncan herself and her role in the development of modern dance is fascinating, but the execution of this book was choppy, jumping abruptly through Duncan’s history, often leaping between frames so that the text could be hard to follow. Would have benefitted from being lengt Leggi tutto
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