Schubert — Symphony No. 9, D. 944 in C major, III. Scherzo (Ode to Dionysus)

Suite: Great Symphony
Music: Schubert — Symphony No. 9, D. 944 in C major, III. Scherzo
Original choreography by: Isadora Duncan

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.

The Scherzo depicts woodland nymphs practicing with bows and arrows, and a general celebration of successful hunting.

Barbara Kane

BK In section B solo figure of Artemis dances a beautiful swaying preparation of the woods with leaning down into an uplifted arms open, head back gesture of heavenly delight. Part A is then repeated with a finale and which leads into the Ode to Artemis.

Videos

Title	Date	Dancers	Full Dance?	Notes
Scherzo-excerpt	2017-06-19		Yes	Group section only
Dances by Isadora: Scherzo	2014		Yes	Only group section
Restaging of Scherzo	2013-04-26		Yes
Dance Visions NY: Schubert Symphony Excerpts	2013	Yuki Ishiguro, Beth Jucovy, Nichole Piacenza, Adrienne Ramm	No	Staged by Beth Jucovy
Dances by Isadora: Scherzo	2004	Natalia Brillante, Michelle Cohen, Catherine Gallant, Loretta Thomas, Chriselle Tidrick, Francesca Todesco	Yes
Duncan Dance Continuum	1994-06-03		Yes
S.F. Duncan Dancers in Schubert's Symphony No. 9, Scherzo	1989-04-23	Ann Cogley, Mary Sano, Janice Blaisdell, Michelle Swanson	Yes	Group section only
S. F. Duncan Dancers at Rotunda, City Hall	1985-03-07	Ann Cogley, Takimi Mochizuki, Elina Degani, Susan McMahon	Yes
DDD at Golden Gate Bandshell	1983	Linda Elkin, Christina Fessenden, Melinda McGee, Maria Rosario Villasana, Karen Strecker	Yes
DFI Cunningham	1980		Yes	Group section, beginning cut off