. The Argonaut . edition,$ per year. The Weekly, $ per McNAUGHT, JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Manager. Proprietor. September ii, 1905. THE ARGON AUT 201 ISADORA DUNCANS SENSATIONAL DANCES. Her Triumphs in Europe. Not since Loie Fuller revolutionized theart of dancing with her spectacular lightingeffects, has any dancer created in Europe afuror equal to that of Isadora Duncan, thefamous San Francisco girl, who, during thepast two years, has been the artistic sensa-tion in Russia, Germany, Austria, andGreece. Eight years ago she left this cityfor the East, practically unknown and cer-tai
. The Argonaut . edition,$ per year. The Weekly, $ per McNAUGHT, JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Manager. Proprietor. September ii, 1905. THE ARGON AUT 201 ISADORA DUNCANS SENSATIONAL DANCES. Her Triumphs in Europe. Not since Loie Fuller revolutionized theart of dancing with her spectacular lightingeffects, has any dancer created in Europe afuror equal to that of Isadora Duncan, thefamous San Francisco girl, who, during thepast two years, has been the artistic sensa-tion in Russia, Germany, Austria, andGreece. Eight years ago she left this cityfor the East, practically unknown and cer-tainly not appreciated. In New York she in-terpreted before small audiences TheRubiayat of Omar Khayyam, but even themetropolis refused to take her ? work seri-ously. In 1902, she went abroad, and immediatelywon the recognition her talents undoubtedlydeserved. Within the past two years thepapers have chronicled in a vague way hersuccesses in Berlin (where, it was claimed,some enthusiastic admirers desired to build. Isadora Duncan. heT a temple in which she was to appear ex-clusively), of her success at Bayreuth, of herdancing in the ruined Temple of Dionysus,and of her return to the Greek dress, of the frantic enthusiasm displayed bythe public in Munich and Bayreuth, when thehorses were taken from her carriage andshe was dragged through the streets by asinging, cheering throng; but only in briefparagraphs of cable correspondents inclinedto dwell more on the elements of eccentricitythan on the earnest and serious attributesthat so pervade the life and work of thisremarkable young artist. Gertrude Norman, who has witnessed MissDuncans performances abroad, contributes asympathetic appreciation of the dancersaims and achievements to a recent number. of the Theatre Magazine, from which we? quote several characteristic extracts, givinga vivid pen-picture of the San Franciscoartist and a good idea of the dances she hascreated. Says Miss Norman: Imagine a pale, sweet, and serious
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