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Supporting the Russian Revolution

Supporting the Russian Revolution (015.00.00)

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Isadora Duncan (1877–1927), an American-born dancer and expressionist choreographer, became a fervent supporter of the 1917 Russian Revolution. To celebrate the fourth anniversary of the Revolution, Duncan and 100 of her students performed her work Internationale (1921), set to the Communist anthem, in Moscow’s famed Bolshoi Theater with Communist leader Vladimir Lenin in attendance.
Isadora Duncan (1877–1927), an American-born dancer and expressionist choreographer, became a fervent supporter of the 1917 Russian Revolution. To celebrate the fourth anniversary of the Revolution, Duncan and 100 of her students performed her work <em>Internationale</em> (1921), set to the Communist anthem, in Moscow’s famed Bolshoi Theater with Communist leader Vladimir Lenin in attendance.