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Country. United Kingdom. Language. English. Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World is a BBC Television film based on the life of the American dancer Isadora Duncan first broadcast on 22 September 1966. The film was directed and produced by Ken Russell and written by Sewell Stokes and Russell. It starred Vivian Pickles and Peter Bowles .
- Ken Russell
- Ken Russell
- September 22, 1966
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
The 1966 BBC biopic by Kenneth Russell, Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World, which was introduced by Duncan's biographer, Sewell Stokes, Duncan was played by Vivian Pickles. The 1968 film Isadora, nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes, stars Vanessa Redgrave as Duncan. The film was based in part of Duncan's autobiography.
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Isadora: Directed by Ken Russell. With Vivian Pickles, Peter Bowles, Alexei Jawdokimov, Murray Melvin. The outrageous life of the American dancer of the 1920s, Isadora Duncan, whom Ken Russell described as "part genius and part charlatan".
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- Biography
- Ken Russell
- 1966-09-22
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Apr 10, 2024 · Isadora Duncan was intent on making it as a dancer, but it took some time for the art world and the public to recognize the unique quality she brought to the world of movement. After unsuccessfully trying to make it in Chicago and New York, the young dancer crossed the Atlantic in 1891 to try her luck in London .
May 5, 1971 · It's called “Isadora Duncan: The Biggest Dancer in the World.” It was directed by Ken Russell. ... In all respects, “The Biggest Dancer in the World” is an extraordinary slice of ...
The eccentric life and bizarre death of the dancer Isadora Duncan. Ken Russell always had a soft spot for Isadora (BBC, tx. 22/9/1966) also known as Isadora Duncan, The Biggest Dancer in the World ), citing it as one of his favourite BBC films. It's easy to see why, as this portrait of a woman whose obsession with the importance of art and ...
