이사도라 덩컨

소개

안젤라 이사도라 덩컨(영어: Angela Isadora Duncan, 1877년 5월 26일 혹은 1878년 5월 27일~1927년 9월 14일)은 미국의 무용수이다. ‘자유 무용’을 창시하여 현대 무용(모던 댄스)의 어머니(개척자)로 불리기도 한다. ‘덩커니즘(Duncanism)’이란 신조어도 생겼다.

Angela Isadora Duncan was an American-born dancer and choreographer, who was a pioneer of modern contemporary dance and performed to great acclaim throughout Europe and the United States. Born and raised in California, she lived and danced in Western Europe, the U.S., and Soviet Russia from the age of 22. She died when her scarf became entangled in the wheel and axle of the car in which she was travelling in Nice, France.