Isadora Duncan was born in California in 1877. As a child, she studied ballet and skirt dancing. His mother was an accomplished pianist and her music later inspired the genius of Duncan's contributions to dance. Duncan began his professional career in Chicago in 1896 and joined a professional touring company; within the company, she performed in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “La Geisha.” Duncan, however, soon left the company to begin dancing solo for wealthy clients. Influenced by the Americanized Delsarte movement, the dances were not widely noticed by the press. Duncan's talents were appreciated by her family when she was young, but her revolutionary ideas about dance were not well accepted in America. So, Duncan moved to Europe to pursue her dancing career; however, his funds were not sufficient to support himself and his family. After Duncan moved to Europe, his dance philosophy changed dramatically. She stopped dancing to the rhythm of the recitations and began to be inspired by the music of Chopin and Beethoven. In Europe, she was introduced to the philosophy of Frederick ...