She caused controversy by using Beethoven's music, setting one of her most noted works to the Ninth Symphony.
Vowing at the age of twelve never to marry, she had illegitimate children with stage designer Gordon Craig and the heir to the Singer sewing machine fortune. She caused controversy by using Beethoven's music, setting one of her most noted works to the Ninth Symphony. A vision of the death of her children inspired another of her works, and several days after the premiere of that, the children drowned in the Seine. She likewise met a tragic end in France when, in Nice, her veil caught in the wheel of her automobile. For 10 points, name this proponent of Greek revival and modern expressionist dance.
Vowing at the age of twelve never to marry, she had illegitimate children with stage designer Gordon Craig and the heir to the Singer sewing machine fortune.
Angela “Isadora” {Duncan}