Gluck — Iphigenie en Aulide, Air Gai-Lento (A greeting to Iphigenia in Aulis)
- Suite: Iphigenie
- Music:
Gluck — Iphigenie en Aulide, Air Gai-Lento
Typically, music from Felix Mottl's Ballet Suite No. 1 is used in performance. These are Mottl's arrangements of Gluck dances. The introductory music is from Armide; the rest is from Iphigenie en Aulide, Ballet No. 7.
Introduction and Air Gai Lento - Original choreography by: Isadora Duncan (1904)
Reconstructed by Hortense Kooluris.
Notes
Nadia Chilkovsky Nahumck
Reference: Nahumck, Nadia Chilkovsky. Isadora Duncan: The Dances. Washington DC: The National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1994.
To be danced in a light, airy mood.
Barbara Kane
The Maidens of Chalcis await the arrival of Iphigenia to Aulide, playing their harps, flutes, tambourine, cymbals. During the Lento they offer up blessings for Iphigenia’s safe journey and blessings for her forthcoming marriage.
Videos
| Title | Date | Dancers | Full Dance? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isadora Duncan Dance Group: Air Gai and Lento | 2003 | Annette Mouret, Francoise Rageau, Yasuyo Sugimoto, Manami Asano | Yes | |
| Duncan Dance Continuum | 1994-06-03 | Yes | Only Air Gai section | |
| DDD Performance at Mountain View, CA | 1994-03-25 | Christina Fessenden, Annah G McCluskey, Melinda McGee, Deborah Vaernes-Leeb | Yes | |
| Isadora Duncan's 110th Birthday Celebration | 1987 | Jeanne Bresciani, Adrienne Ramm | Yes | Only the Air Gai |
| Dionysian Duncan Dancers, Margaret Jenkins Performance Space | 1982-01 | Maria Rosario Villasana, Nancy Isham | Yes | |
| Tribute to Isadora Duncan, Hortense Kooluris and Dancers at the World Trade Center | 09/14/1987 | Jeanne Bresciani, Beth Jucovy, Judith Ann Landon, Adrienne Ramm | Yes |
Related items in the Archives
The San Francisco Museum of Performance and Design > Programs > Isadora Duncan — Nov 25, 1917
The San Francisco Museum of Performance and Design > Programs > Isadorables — Dec 28, 1919
The Collection of Mignon Garland > Programs > Duncan Dance Congress Program — Nov 15, 1942
The Collection of Mignon Garland > Programs > The Isadora Duncan Dance Memorial, 1952 — Dec 14, 1952
The Collection of Barbara Kane > Programs > Irma Duncan — Apr 23, 1937
The Collection of Barbara Kane > Programs > Isadora Duncan Centenary Dance Company — Jun 24, 1978
The Collection of Barbara Kane > Programs > Isadora Duncan Dance Group — 1989