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Duncan Dance Repertoire
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| Bach | Beethoven | Berlioz | Brahams | Chopin | Corelli | Dvorak | Franck 
| Gluck | Impressions of Russsian | Lisle | Liszt | Lully | Mendelssohn | Schubert
| Scriabin | Strauss | Tchaikovsky | Wagner | References | 

Music by Johann Sebastian Bach

Gavotte 
Musette 
Suite en re 

Music by Ludwig van Beethoven

Seventh Symphony 
Ninth Symphony 
Sonata Op. 27, No. 2 

Music by Hector Berlioz

L'Enfance du Christ 

Music by Johannes Brahms

Germania: Valse Op. 39 
Slow Arm Movements (Intermezzo Op. 118, No.2) [circa 1910] 
Waltz Op. 39, No. 1 / No. 2 / No. 4 / No. 7 / No. 8 / No. 10 / No. 13 / No. 14 /
No. 15 [circa 1910] 

Music by Frederic Francois Chopin

Berceuse Op. 57 
Butterfly: Etude Op. 25, No. 9 [circa 1917] 
Etude, mi maj 
Impromtu, As Dur. 
Marche Funebre [Jan. 1913] 
Mazurka Op. 7, No. 1 [circa 1903] 
Mazurka Op. 17, No. 1 / No. 4 [circa 1923] 
Mazurka Op. 33, No. 2 / No. 3 [circa 1902] 
Mazurka Op. 33, No. 4 (Death and the Maiden) [circa 1902] 
Orientale: Mazurka Op. 68, No. 2 [circa 1904] 
Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 [circa 1915] 
Nocturne Op. 27, No. 1: Choreographed by Maria-Theresa 
Polonaise Militaire [circa 1914] 
Prelude Op. 28, No. 7 
Prelude Op. 28, No. 15: Choreographed by Maria-Theresa [1919] 
Sonata Op. 35 
Valse Op. 70, No. 1 [circa 1901] 

Music by Arcangelo Corelli

Tanagra Figures: Folie d'Espagne Op. 15, No. 12 

Music by Anton Dvorak

Danses Slaves 

Music by Cesar Franck

Panis Angelicus 
Redemption 

Music by Christoph Willibald Gluck

Air Gai and Lento: Ballet No. 7 from Iphigenie en Aulide 
Allegretto: Ballet No. 10 from Orfeo ed Euridice, Act III 
Amazon Dances I / II / III: Ballet Nos. 13 - 16 from Iohigenie en Tauride, Act I,
Scene 4 
Bacchanale: Ballet Suite from Iphigenie en Aulide, with interlude from Armide 
Cherubim: Ballet from Orfeo ed Euridice, Act III, No. 31 
Dance of the Blessed Spirits: Ballet des ombres heureuses from Orfeo ed Euridice,
Act III, No. 29 
Dance of the Furies: Ballet from Orfeo ed Euridice, Act II, Scene I, Air de
Furies 
Knucklebones: Air Gai (Tambourin) from Iphigenie en Aulide, Act III [circa 1905] 
Lento: Ballet from Orfeo ed Euridice, Act III, No. 30, meas. 29-64 
Musette: Music from Armide, Act IV 
Priestess: " Choeur des femmes " from Iphigenie en Aulide, Act II, No. 18 

Impressions of Russsia

Aye, Doo, Doo: " Ai, dudu! " Six Kinderlieder Op. 31, No. 1 by Alexander
Tikhonovich Grechaninov: Probably choreographed by Irma 
The Blacksmith / Forging the Keys of Freedom [1924] 
The Calling of Spring: " Ai, dudu! " Six Kinderlieder Op. 31, No. 2 by Alexander
Tikhonovich Grechaninov: Choreographed by Irma 
Gradle Song: " Ai, dudu! " Six Kinderlieder Op. 31, No. 3 by Alexander
Tikhonovich Grechaninov: Choreographed by Irma 
Dubinushka (Traditional Russian folk song) [1924] 
One, Two, Three, Pioneers Are We (Russian pioneer children's song) [circa
1921-1924] 
Revolutionary Hymn [1924] 
Funeral Song for the Revolutionary Heroes [1924] 
The Varshavianka / Warshavianka (In Memory of 1905) [1924] 
With Courage Comrades March in Step [1924] 
Work Trilogy - Labor / Famine / Labor Triumphant by Michael Sheyne: Choreographed
by Irma [circa 1921-1922] 
The Young Guard [1924] 
The Young Pioneers [1924] 

Music by Rouget de Lisle

La Marseillaise 

Music by Franz Liszt

Benediction de Dieu Dans la Solitude 
Funeralilles 
Dante Symphony 

Music by Jean-Baptiste Lully

Menuet du Bourgeois Gentilhomme 

Music by Felix Mendelssohn

La Fileuse 

Music by Franz Schubert

Around the Linden Tree: Thirty-four Valses sentimentales D. 779, No. 6 
Ave Maria: Ellens Gesang III (Hymne an die Jungfrau - " Ave Maria ") D. 839 
Ballspiel: Twelve Grazer Walzer D. 924, Op. 91a, No. 10 
Duet: Sixteen Deutshe Tanze (German Dances) and Two Ecossaises D. 783, Op. 33,
No. 10 
Ecossaise: Sixteen Landler and Two Ecossaises D. 734, No. 1 
Finale / Scherzo / Trio: Symphony No. 9 in C Major 
Galop: Sixteen Deutshe Tanze and Two Ecossaises D. 783, No. 3 
Lullaby: Sixteen Deutshe Tanze (German Dances) and Two Ecossaises D. 783, Op. 33,
No. 7 
Marche Militaire: Three Marches Militaires D. 733, No. 1 
Moment Musicale: Six Moment Musicale D. 780, Op. 94, No. 3 
Slide: Op. 33, No. 3 
Slow March: Six Grades Marches and Trios D. 819, No. 5 
Tanagra: Op. 9b, No. 16 
Three Graces: Thirty-six Originaltanze (Erste Walzer) D. 365, Op. 96, No. 15 
Twirling: Theme A is from Twelve Walzer, Seventeen Landler and Nine Ecossaises D.
145, No. 3 / Theme B is from Thirty-six Originaltanze (Erste Walzer) D. 365, No.
6 
Under the Scarf: Thirty-four Valses Sentimentales D. 779, No. 12 
Unfinished Symphony 
Unfolding Petal: Thirty-six Originaltanze (Erte Walzer) D. 365, No 16 
Water Study: Twelve Grazer Walzer D. 924, Op. 91a, No. 12 

Music by Aleksandr Scriabin

The Crossing: Huit Etudes Op. 42, No. 5 [circa 1923] 
Le Poeme de l'extase 
Mother: Three Pieces, Etude Op. 2, No. 1 [1921] 
Revolutionary Etude: Douze Etudes Op. 8, No. 12 [1921] 

Music by Johann Strauss

On the Beautiful Blue Danube: Ander schoen blauen Donau Op. 314 [1905] 
Rose from the South: " Resen aus dem Suden " from Das Spitzentuch der Konigin Op.
388 [circa 1910]  
Waltz Study: Kunsterleben (Artist's Life) Op. 316 

Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Chant d'Automne 
Marche Slav: Slavonic March Op. 31 
Romance Op. 5 
Symphony Pathetique: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor (Pathetique) Op. 74 

Music by Wilhelm Richard Wagner

Parsifal 
Tannhauser [1903-1904] 
Tristan et Yseult 
La Walkyrie 


References

Blair, Fredrika. Isadora Portrait of the Artist as a Woman, McGraw-Hill Book
Company, NY, 1986.
Duncan, Irma. And Macdougall, Allan Ross. Isadora Duncan's Russian Days and Her
Last Years in France, CoviciFriede, NY, 1929.
Duncan, Isadora. " Principales Oeuvres Musicales Sur Lesquelles Isadora Dansa, "
Ecrits Sur La Danse, Editions Du Grenier, Paris, 1927.
Duncan, Isadora. My Life, Boni and Liveright, NY, 1927.
Duncan, Isadora. Cheney, Sheldon W. [Ed.] The Art of the Dance, Theater Art
Inc./Helen Hacket, Inc., NY, 1928.
Gold, Sylvia. A Dance by Isadora Duncan: Orientale, The Center for Sutton
Movement Writing, Inc., CA 2000.
A Selection of Isadora Duncan Dances, The Sutton Movement Writing Press / The
Center for Sutton Movement Writing, Inc., CA, 1984.       
Prelude, The Center for Sutton Movement Writing, Inc., CA, 2000.        
Kurth, Peter. Isadora A Sensational Life, Little Brown and Company, Boston, NY,
London, 2001.
Nahumck, Nadia Chilokovsky and Nicholas. Isadora Duncan The Dances, The National
Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D. C. 1994.

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