Sheyne — Work Trilogy: Labor / Famine / Labor Triumphant
- Music:
Sheyne — Work Trilogy: Labor / Famine / Labor Triumphant
Music composed by Michael Sheyne for Irma Duncan.
- Original choreography by: Irma Duncan (c. 1921)
Hortense Kooluris reconstructed and restaged this dance in 1978. It consists of brief segments: Work Trilogy - Labor; Work Trilogy - Famine, and Work Trilogy - Labor Triumphant. Dance movements imitate various actions used in cutting wood. (from Nahumck, Nadia Chilkovsky. Isadora Duncan: The Dances. Washington DC: The National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1994 p. 224).
Videos
| Title | Date | Dancers | Full Dance? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tribute to Isadora Duncan, Hortense Kooluris and Dancers at the World Trade Center | 09/14/1987 | Lori Belilove, Jeanne Bresciani, Marilyn Klaus, Hortense Kooluris, Mark Trider, Deborah Monolux and Alexis MacPherson | Yes | Poet speaks after 'Famine' |
Related items in the Archives
The Collection of Mignon Garland > Programs > Isadora Duncan Dancers in New York — 1929