Isadora DVD

The Life and Many Loves of the Most Exciting Woman of Our Time

Starring Academy Award winner Vanessa Redgrave and adapted for the screen by Melvyn Bragg, ISADORA is the Oscar and BAFTA nominated film about famed dancer Isadora Duncan, the most iconic free-style dancer of the twentieth century who courted both admiration and scandal in equal measure. Her unique style of dancing made her the guests of King's, Queen's, nobility and Russian revolutionaries, ultimately making her the peoples dancer. But her Bohemian lifestyle and unorthodox morality led to a personal life that was marred by misunderstanding and tragedy. Whilst her genius for dance and free spirit causes a sensation across Europe, her nave, effervescent radiance leads to an almost accidental succession of lovers in Paris Singer (Jason Robards), Gordon Craig (James Fox) and Sergel Essenin (Ivan Tchenko). As she sips champagne and dictates her memoirs at the Negresco Hotel in Nice, Isadora reflects upon a life and art that were anything but conventional...