Jeanne Bresciani & The Isadora Duncan International Institute Dancers
The dances preserved and enlivened by the dancers of this institute stem from Isadora Duncan, the mother,
matriarch and matrix of Modern Dance via the complete American lineage in performance from Maria-Theresa,
Anna and Irma Duncan and pedagogical influence from Anita Zahn. Maria-Theresa Duncan, the adopted
daughter of Isadora, the “last dancing Isadorable,” continued in her art fifty years beyond her adoptive sisters to
found the Isadora Duncan International Institute (IDII) in 1977.
Jeanne Bresciani Has Been Hailed By The International Press As:
“The foremost interpreter of Duncan’s dance in North America”
“The Divine in Motion”
“The keeper of the Duncan Flame”
“The standard bearer of the Duncan tradition”
“A force to be reckoned with”
“Dynamo of the Dance”
“The essence of the reincarnation of Isadora Duncan”
“The true heiress of Isadora Duncan’s intuitions and revolutionary ideas”
“If there is a style called ‘Neo-classical Avant-garde’, Jeanne Bresciani is the living embodiment of it.”
The IDII Dancers, Resident Ensemble Company,
Performs to Great Acclaim:
“Isadora, Adored…” 2011
“Placed in a garden or simply on a lawn, Duncan’s dances swell in meaning. They grow from
miniatures of beauty to vessels that retain the secrets of the universe…” 2005
“Isadora Duncan enchanted audiences in the early 20th century. And thanks to artists like
Jeanne Bresciani, Duncan still enchants today…these dancers along with a cadre of young,
capable adherents, transfixed. Not only did they carry off Duncan’s original works with purity,
they were transformed. So too was the audience — astonished by Bresciani, in particular, who
once again appeared as Duncan’s reincarnate.” 2011
“Performing to a sold-out house, the Chopin works were breathtakingly performed by Bresciani
and company, dancing with intense emotion that elegantly expressed a panoply of feelings,
leaving the audience in a trance.” 2012
“All conspired to forge an unforgettable experience in works by Bresciani and Duncan at
Kaatsbaan with Bresciani and Company delivering the mythic and the magical in Isis to Isadora.”
2013
PAST FUNDERS INCLUDE:
Jerome L. Greene Foundation -Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation - Trust for Mutual Understanding - National Endowment for the Arts - Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation
Hearst Corporation - New York State Council for the Arts - The Billy Rose Foundation - Private Donors
Recent Performances
Isadora Duncan & The Muse Through Time with Spirito Nuovo
Casa Monica Bernini
July 3rd, 2021
Asolo, Italy
Toward a Delphic Ideal
Delphi Palace Amphitheater
June 25th, 2021
Delphi, Greece
Isadora Duncan & The Delphic Flame
Museum of the Delphic Festivals
June 22nd, 2021
Delphi, Greece
Isadora Duncan & The Garb of the Soul at Danza in Rete Festival
Inauguration of DANZARCHIVIO
Teatro Comunale Citta di Vicenza
February 21st, 2020
Vicenza, Italy
Isadora Duncan & Frederic Chopin: In a Lasting Luminescence of Music and Dance
Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, Montreal, Canada
November 22nd, 2019
Isadora in the Glory of the House of Pisani
Villa Pisani
Stra, Italy
June 1st, 2019
Carnevale di Venezia Performance Series:
Isadora in the Aura of Ecstasy
La Fondation Singer-Polignac & Les Amis de Winnaretta Singer
Palazzo Contarini-Polignac
Venice, Italy
2018, 2019, 2020
Emozione in Maschera
Gran Ballo Mascheranda
Palazzo Pisani-Moretta
Venice, Italy
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
A Pageantry of Music & Dance A Palazzo
Circolo Societa dell’Unione di Venezia
Venice, Italy
February 27th, 2019
Frederic Chopin & Isadora Duncan Performance Series:
In The Theatre of Love
Museum of Romanticism
Opinogora, Poland
October 13th, 2018
The Natural, the Passional and the
Victorious
Chopin Museum
Warsaw, Poland
October 10th, 2018
Frederic Chopin & Isadora Duncan:
In the Transformative Landscape of the Arts
Villa Artes Liberales, University of Warsaw
Warsaw, Poland
October 11th, 2018
IDII PERFORMANCES, LECTURE DEMONSTRATIONS, AND WORKSHOPS HAVE BEEN LED AT
THE FOLLOWING, TO NAME A FEW:
Lincoln Center - The British Museum - The Phillips Collection - Winnipeg Art Gallery - The Delphi Museum - The Pushkin Library - Smithsonian Institute - Wagner Society - Goethe House - The Dante Alighieri Society - Terni Opera House - Spoleto Festival - Rhineland Castles & Throne Room Tour - The Joyce Theatre - The New Parthenon, Tokyo - Massey Hall - National Theatre, Rio de Janeiro - Teatro Nuovo, Torino - National Dance Theatre, Budapest - Gioventu Musicale Italiana, Bergamo - Teatro Carcano, Milan - Vignale Danza - Kaatsbaan International Dance Center - Palazzo Pisani Moretta - Palazzo Contarini Polignac - Villa Pisani, Stra - Teatro Comunale di Vicenza - Seoul Olympic Festival - United Nations General Assembly - The Chopin Museum - The Museum of Romanticism, Poland
Archaeological Sites throughout Greece & Sicily
