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[edit] Incredibles?

This line is outright false: "In the Pixar animated movie The Incredibles Edna Mode refuses to make a cape for Mr. Incredible's new uniform, citing Isadora's tragic tangling and death from her scarf. The villain, Syndrome, is later killed in a similar way when his cape is caught in a jet engine."

No reference was made either directly or indirectly to Isadora Duncan. Edna Mode's "no capes!" speech speaks only of superheroes and owes more to Alan Moore's Watchmen (in which the hero Dollar Bill gets his cape snagged in a revolving door while trying to foil a robbery) than the history of Isadora.

I'm willing to be corrected but I think it should be removed.

[edit] Confusing

I added the confusing tag because this bio jumps around all over the place chronologically and doesn't really give any clue as to how she rose to prominence or where she learned to dance etc. etc. or where she was when she did what ..... it's a bloody mess. 81.79.184.39 23:07, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Who is Montparnasse? It isn't who but what: Montparnasse is a famous area of Paris, France for its artistic environment!

[edit] Bad Joke

Why is there a lame joke from a British comedy show on this page? It's totally irrelevant.

I think someone should remove it.

I'm not sure where she died it was on the French Riviera Nice or Cannes I can't remember.

Nice. See : http://www.seminaire-sherbrooke.qc.ca/hist/hist5/travaux/biog/D/duncan.htm (in French)

Is the photo in public domain ?

Was she born in San Francisco or Oakland?

This link tells me it's San Fran

did she die on the 14th or 19th? September 19 says 19th

A search on google show that it's a photograph by Arnold Genthe it doesn't seems to be public domain.


Isadora Duncan died over 60 years ago, so it should be public picture !
It doesn't work that way, unfortunately. See U.S. Copyright Law for details. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 17:11, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

My English teacher taught us to use Duncan's name to help find which part of a sentence has the independent and dependent clause. Here's what she taught us: If Duncan's name was in a phone book, it would be Duncan, Isadora. For a sentence that would be dependent than independent.- B-101 16:26, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] ballet vs. modern

isadora disliked ballet, correct? its all a bullshit article

[edit] Suicide attempt

In the youtube site you can see a video [1] which says that Isadora tried to kill herself by drowning in Nice on 5th October 1926. Is that true????

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.243.200.39 (talk) 19:24, 6 May 2007 (UTC).

According to the book Artists of the Dance she died tragically when wile driving her car her scarf wrapped around the axle and broke her neck. 128.103.220.249 17:25, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

HELLOOOOOOO, I'm not saying that Isadora died by drowning but she attempted suicide in 1926 (she died in 1927!!!! Wow, don't you understand what I wrote before?

[edit] Project Gutenberg

If anyone from PG is reading this, My Life would made a great book for digitalising. She died 79 years ago, so I assume it is out of copyright.

I agree about the joke - I'm going to remove it.

[edit] Death

The article states that Isadora Duncan died when her scarf was caught in an Amilcar automobile. However, I've heard from many sources that it was a Bugatti. I'm considering changing this. Zapvet 02:56, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

The general consensus is that it was an Amilcar. http://www.bugattipage.com/jacob/InfoHunt/Q-076.html http://forums.autosport.com/showthread.php?s=4f183a36ad11a89068692d3ee63b73e6&postid=938386#post938386 http://forums.atlasf1.com/printthread.php?threadid=9925 Janm67 05:34, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Birth Date

According to the books Artists of the Dance and Modern Dance Body & Mind she was born in 1878. This site lists 1877, which is also stated in the book Dancing and Mixed Media. Is Artists wrong?128.103.220.249 17:28, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, she was baptised at Old Saint Mary's Church on California Street on October 13, 1877. That would be difficult if she was born in 1878. --Kosmoshiva 05:33, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Talking Heads

There's no substantiation for the Talking Heads 'Psycho Killer' reference other than fan-based speculation. The quote only vaguely resembles Duncan's last words and the context of the rest of the song's lyrics have nothing to do with her. Unless there's an authoritative reference (eg from the band), it should be removed. Kosmoshiva 02:08, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Lost the bank"

Which bank? In the early life section it says her father lost the bank but there is no previous mention of which bank(s). Toddst1 (talk) 17:14, 2 May 2008 (UTC)