Chopin — Prelude in A major, Op. 28, No. 7
- Suite: Preludes
- Music:
Chopin — Prelude in A major, Op. 28, No. 7
- Original choreography by: Isadora Duncan
Reconstructed by Hortense Kooluris. Variant taught by Riva Hoffman, possibly learned at the Elizabeth Duncan School.
Notes
Nadia Chilkovsky Nahumck
Reference: Nahumck, Nadia Chilkovsky. Isadora Duncan: The Dances. Washington DC: The National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1994.
This is a reflective little dance poem, which for some reason ignores the pensive, shadowy mazurka rhythm in the music—a practice atypical of Duncan.
Catherine Gallant
The Prelude, as taught by Julia Levien, was about the young person's search for the self.
A reaching, questioning, dance that moves with wonder into the diagonals of the space framing the
body and then stretching endlessly into the future. From the release of the torso and the thrust into space
the dance ends with a recognition of the present and the moment of being truly alive and open to new experience.
Videos
| Title | Date | Dancers | Full Dance? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dances by Isadora: Prelude 7 | 2014 | Irene Lutts | Yes | |
| Julia Levien performance | 2005 | Yes | ||
| Isadora and the American Jewish Intelligentsia | 2000 | Beth Jucovy | Yes | Music played twice, dancer enters on the first repeat |
| Spiral of Life | 2000 | Pamela De Fina | Yes | |
| Isadora Duncan's 110th Birthday Celebration | 1987 | Lori Belilove | Yes | |
| Sylvia performs Prelude 7 | Sylvia Gold | Yes |
Related items in the Archives
The Collection of Barbara Kane > Photos > Louis Craig Gerber Prelude
The San Francisco Museum of Performance and Design > Programs > Isadorables — Dec 28, 1919
The Collection of Barbara Kane > Programs > Isadora Duncan — 1908
The Collection of Barbara Kane > Programs > Isadora Duncan Centenary Dance Company — Jun 24, 1978
The Collection of Barbara Kane > Programs > Homage to Isadora — Madeleine Lytton — 1984
The Collection of Barbara Kane > Programs > Starry Night — Barbara Kane — Dec 20, 1991
The Collection of Barbara Kane > Programs > Retrospective Isadora Duncan — 1993