Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation

Specialties

The Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation is a non-​profit organization dedicated to extending the dream, dance legacy, and indomitable spirit of the founder of Modern Dance, Isadora Duncan. The Foundation is based in New York City and supports the work of its resident performing troupe, Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company. Each year the Company offers hundreds of performances of Isadora’s original choreography as passed down through generations of Duncan dancers, as well as new works, educational workshops, and creative programs that nurture the soul and lift the spirit.

Our Mission is to preserve, present, and teach the work of Isadora Duncan through the performance, educational, and community-​outreach programs of Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company.

History

Established in 1979.

Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company is the pre-​eminent Isadora Duncan dance company performing in the world today. The Company is under the artistic direction of third generation Duncan dancer Lori Belilove, whose direct lineage and prestigious performing career have earned her an international reputation as the premier interpreter and ambassador of the dance of Isadora Duncan.

The Company is based in New York City and performs Isadora Duncan’s repertoire with a purity of style and execution of movement hailed by the international press, critics and audiences.

Founded in 1979 as the resident performing troupe of the Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation, we offer certification programs, teacher training, and classes and workshops for children through professional levels.

Meet the Business Owner

Lori B.

Business Owner

Lori Belilove was born in the San Francisco Bay Area. Lori’s prestigious performing career has earned her an international reputation as the premier interpreter and ambassador of the dance of Isadora Duncan. Through her performances, master classes, and workshops, children, college students and professional dancers have experienced the purity, timelessness, authentic phrasing, and musicality that have been passed down to Lori through the direct line of Isadora Duncan dancers. Among her teachers were Anna Duncan and Irma Duncan, two of the adopted artistic daughters of Isadora. Lori received a B.F.A. in dance, religion, and classical studies from Mills College in Oakland, California. In addition to her extensive training in modern, ballet, and yoga, she has trained in the modern technique of Doris Humphrey as a private student of both Eleanor King and Ernestine Stodelle, original Humphrey-​Weidman dancers.