United States dancer and pioneer of modern dance (1878-1927)

the great edward steichen photographed isadora duncan at the acropolis, athens in 1921. he used a kodak borrowed from the head waiter at his hotel.

1921年， 摄影大师爱德华（edwardsteichen）使用他跟所下榻饭店的领班服务生借来的一台柯达相机，在雅典卫城（acropolis， athens）为isadora duncan拍照。

people began to think of her as a great talent. isadora duncan began using the music of chopin, strauss, tchaikovsky, and wagner in her performances.

伊莎多拉。邓肯开始在她的舞蹈演出中使用肖邦、施特劳斯、柴可夫斯基以及瓦格纳的音乐伴奏。

but isadora duncan learned that life without the fullness of love was incomplete.

但伊莎多拉·邓肯渐渐明白，缺少圆满爱情的生活是不完满的。

isadora duncan did not like ballet.

伊莎多拉。邓肯并不喜欢芭蕾舞。

isadora duncan is remembered as the mother of modern dance. but she is also remembered for the tragedy in her life.

伊莎多拉。邓肯作为现代舞之母而被铭记，同时，人们还记住了她的苦难人生。

when she danced, isadora duncan wore very thin clothing.

跳舞的时候，伊莎多拉。邓肯总是穿着非常薄的衣服。

isadora duncan died in 1927.

伊莎多拉·邓肯卒于1927年。

isadora duncan is known as the 「mother of the modern dance」， but even ballet was influenced by the radical élan of her ideas.

伊莎多拉·邓肯被誉为「现代舞之母」，就连芭蕾也受到了她锐不可当的激进观念的影响。

isadora duncan was often asked to explain her style of dancing and to say how dance as an art might change over time.

人们常让伊莎多拉。邓肯谈谈她的舞蹈风格，以及舞蹈作为一种艺术如何才能随着时代的更新而不断有所变化。

sometimes isadora duncan was paid to dance in the homes of wealthy people or at parties they gave in their gardens.

有时，有人付钱请伊莎多拉到有钱人的家里或是花园里（他们在那里举行宴会）跳舞。

in her autobiography, the dancer isadora duncan recalled how rodin tried to seduce her.

舞蹈家伊萨多拉·邓肯（isadora duncan）在自传中回忆起罗丹试图勾引她的一幕。

isadora duncan had very liberal ideas for the time.

伊莎多拉。邓肯有着在当时非常开放的观念。

free thinking, free spirited, free moving isadora duncan brought her bohemian feminist consciousness to the dance stage and changed the art of dance forever.

思想自由、精神洒脱、动作奔放的伊莎多拉·邓肯将其不羁的女权主义意识带到了舞台上，彻底改变了舞蹈这门艺术。