Essays

Fotografare l’Antico: Memoria, profezia ed eredità di Isadora Duncan negli apparati visivi dei libri postumi

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21827/ejtp.5.41699

Keywords:

dance, photography, books, Isadora Duncan

Abstract

The essay analyses the visual apparatus of posthumous books by and about Isadora Duncan published immediately after her tragic death. The autobiography, the memoirs of a few witnesses, a photo book in her honour, collections of her theoretical texts: the books that came out between 1927 and 1929 in Europe and America collect her experience of art and life and stand as a composite testament consisting of words and images. Looking at the volumes as documents of a network of relationships and an exchange between visual culture, dance culture, and the publishing market, this essay dwells in particular on the photographs and editing strategies, analysing the images as instruments of transmission of Isadora Duncan’s dance.

Author Biography

Samantha Marenzi, University Roma Tre

Samantha Marenzi is a Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies at Roma Tre University, where she teaches iconography of theatre and dance and theories and practices of dance. Her research interests include dance and its representations at the beginning of the twentieth century; Antonin Artaud and the processes of transmission between theatre and writing; Edward Gordon
Craig and the link between scene, image, and word; Butoh and its influence on contemporary performers; the relationship between the visual and performing arts, in particular photography and dance. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Teatro e Storia.

Published

2023-01-29

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2023)

Section

Essays

Copyright (c) 2023 Samantha Marenzi

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