Isadora Duncan International Institute

European Certificate Program! Frederic Chopin & Isadora Duncan in the Transformative Landscape of the Arts
2018-10-10 08:00 - 2018-10-14 17:00 UTC | Warsaw, Polamd, Poland
Celebrating 100 Years of Poland’s Independence
In Honorary Patronage
THE KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION
presents
THE ISADORA DUNCAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE, INC.
Frederic Chopin & Isadora Duncan
in the Transformative Landscape of the Arts
October 10th through 14th, 2018
Warsaw, Poland
Dancer, Student & Artist Offer
Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies I: The Training
Options for study, performance and touring available!
Directed by Jeanne Bresciani, Ph .D.
Former Kress Fellow and Fulbright Scholar
Registration Form

About the Program: Situated within Warsaw’s most historic district, we shall: enact five-days of concentrated morning and evening studio sessions on the musical imagination of the great Romantic composer and that of the matriarch of Modern Dance; experience supplemental afternoon cultural excursions with erudite Polish scholars; and take part in optional performances in noted palace, garden and theater venues of Warsaw. Studio lecture work will be housed within the University of Warsaw’s prestigious chambers, Villa Artes Liberalis, with IDII in official Artistic Residency and within other Warsaw studio locations. In close proximity is simple but charming lodging available via the IDII.
Pricing Options:
1. Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies I: The European Training study only – $500 per person includes 5-day intensive in the technique and choreography of Isadora Duncan
2. Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies I: The European Training study and performance only – $800 per person includes 5-day intensive in the technique and choreography of Isadora Duncan with performance opportunities
3. Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies I: The European Training- $1,800 per person, study, performance and basic tour components include 5-day intensive in the technique and choreography of Isadora Duncan, lodging for 6 nights from October 9th through the 15th in a local, traditional accommodation close to the studio, based on double occupancy with full daily breakfast, 3 days of local, group cultural afternoon tours in Warsaw and outskirts, 2 celebratory meals plus extras in addition to performance opportunities provided by the IDII
Registration:
Registration form available here
Space is limited so please apply soon!
www.idii.org | rosemary@idii.org | 212-753-0846
Contact IDII for registration information:
www.idii.org
info@idii.org
(212) 753-0846

1-Day Seasonal Enhancer | Flora & Zephyr
2018-10-25 10:00 - 19:00 UTC | Tempio di Danza, 20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY, 12440
Introducing…
Flora & Zephyr
Flora Through the Seasons from the ‘Myth, Movement and Metaphor’ Series
One-Day Seasonal Enhancer
October 25th, 2018
Tuition: $125
Movement seminars will take place at Tempio di Danza’s beautiful air-conditioned, sprung, wooden surfaced studio. Daylight and evening seminars will also be held poolside and in the water.
For more information and registration, please contact:
info@idii.org ~ www.idii.org ~ 212.753.0846
Open to general students
To register, please return the two attached registration forms to the IDII via mail or email.
IDII Registration
IDII Waiver
IDII Directions
View the wide range of Lodging options near the Tempio di Danza (High Falls Vicinity). Room sharing options can be arranged by contacting the Isadora Duncan International Institute.

CPII | Isadora Duncan: Experience unto Innocence
2018-10-26 10:00 - 2018-10-28 13:00 UTC | Tempio di Danza, 20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY, 12440
Isadora Duncan:
Experience unto Innocence
Certificate Program II in Isadora Duncan Studies
Open to CPII Candidates and General Students
Chopin’s Preludes Op. 28 No. 22 & 23
October 26th, 27th & 28th, 2018
and 1-Day Seasonal Enhancer
Flora & Zephyr
Thursday, October 25th, 2018
Tempio di Danza
High Falls, NY

The Seasonal Enhancer will begin at 10:00 am on the 25th and conclude at 7pm that evening.
The CPII session will commence on Friday morning at 10:00 A.M. and conclude on Sunday afternoon at 1:00 P.M.
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Tuition for Program II: The Dances is $600. per three-day intensive session
Seasonal Enhancer, $125 for one-day session

To register, please return the first two attached registration forms to the IDII via mail or email.

Registration Form
IDII Waiver
Tempio di Danza Directions
View the wide range of Lodging options near the Tempio di Danza (High Falls Vicinity). Room sharing options can be arranged by contacting the Isadora Duncan International Institute.

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CPI | Isadora Duncan in Winter's Good Graces at Skidmore College
2019-01-18 19:00 - 2019-01-21 16:00 UTC | Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States
ISADORA DUNCAN
IN
WINTER’S GOOD GRACES
Friday, January 18th through Monday, January 21st
Movement seminars will take place within Skidmore College’s beautiful, sprung, Marley surfaced studios and theater ending in celebratory performance. An optional trip from 3 – 5PM to the nearby Hyde Collection will precede the opening seminar on Friday.
SEMINARS INCLUDE:
In Perpetuum Mobile: In Perpetual Motion
Ludus: Roman Games & Satyr Plays
The Muse Through Time
The Seasons in their Hours & Graces
The Epochs: Primordia, Medieva, Renaissanca, Moderna, Futura
Natural Law & Roman Justice
The Ecstatic in Timeless Vision Dances
From Primal Furies to Legions of Honor
In the House of the Muses: Hyde Collection Day Trip
Beginning 7PM Friday, culminating on Monday, Martin Luther King Day, in Celebratory Performance at the Skidmore Dance Theater beginning at 2PM.
Open to all Dancer and Non-Dancer General Students and
Candidates in The Certificate Program in Isadora Studies I: The Training
For more information and registration, please contact:
info@idii.org ~ www.idii.org ~ 212.753.0846
Tuition: $500
Open to general students and those enrolled in the Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies I: The Training.
To register, please return the two attached registration forms to the IDII via mail or email.
IDII Registration
IDII Waiver
This course can be elected separately or in conjunction
with the post-Spring Semester Study Abroad Program
in collaboration with Skidmore College and IDII
ISADORA DUNCAN
& THE ANCIENT AND ETERNAL IN ART
MAY 22nd to JUNE 2ND, 2019

Seasonal Enhancer | Flora & the Flagrant Fire in Bloom
2019-04-25 10:00 - 19:00 UTC | Tempio di Danza, 20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY, 12440
Flora & the Flagrant Fire in Bloom
Flora Through the Seasons from the ‘Myth, Movement and Metaphor’ Series
One-Day Seasonal Enhancer
April 25th, 2019
Tuition: $125
Movement seminars will take place at Tempio di Danza’s beautiful air-conditioned, sprung, wooden surfaced studio.
For more information and registration, please contact:
info@idii.org ~ www.idii.org ~ 212.753.0846
Open to general students
To register, please return the two attached registration forms to the IDII via mail or email.
IDII Registration
IDII Waiver
IDII Directions
View the wide range of Lodging options near the Tempio di Danza (High Falls Vicinity). Room sharing options can be arranged by contacting the Isadora Duncan International Institute.

CPII | Isadora Duncan & a Gala Ball of Schubert Waltzes
2019-04-26 10:00 - 2019-04-28 13:00 UTC | Tempio di Danza, 20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY, 12440
Certificate Program II in Isadora Duncan Studies
Open to CPII Candidates and General Students
Schubert Waltzes
April 26th, 27th & 28th, 2019
and 1-Day Seasonal Enhancer
Flora & the Flagrant Fire in Bloom
Thursday, April 25th, 2019
Tempio di Danza
High Falls, NY

The Seasonal Enhancer will begin at 10:00 am on the 25th and conclude at 7pm that evening.
The CPII session will commence on Friday morning at 10:00 A.M. and conclude on Sunday afternoon at 1:00 P.M.
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Tuition for Program II: The Dances is $600. per three-day intensive session
Seasonal Enhancer, $125 for one-day session

To register, please return the first two attached registration forms to the IDII via mail or email.

Registration Form
IDII Waiver
Tempio di Danza Directions
View the wide range of Lodging options near the Tempio di Danza (High Falls Vicinity). Room sharing options can be arranged by contacting the Isadora Duncan International Institute.

European CPI | Isadora in Primavera Eterna
2019-05-24 - 2019-06-03 | Venice and Environs, Italy
Isadora in Primavera Eterna
Venice and Environs
May 24th to June 3rd, 2019
Guided Travel Performance Tour and
European Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies
Directed By Jeanne Bresciani, Ph.D & Mary DiSanto-Rose, Ed.D
Tour Price $2,800
Application Here!
Itinerary Highlights Include:

A march to The Doge’s Palace – the titular home of the Doge, Dogaressa, Lady Venice – and their four adjacent Marco treasuries
A discovery of the sentient delights of the Rialto Mercato and a classic cicchetti feast at a well-kept local secret
An embarkation to the vegetal life of the Giardino and the monumental, leonine fortress foundry of the Venetian maritime republic at Arsenale at the time of Venice Biennale
An historical and cultural walking tour through the sestieri to encounter the manifold art restorations completed by the Save Venice Foundation, so vital in preserving the life force of La Serenissima
A concert of Vivaldi’s Four Season’s enlivened within his own choral sanctum of La Pieta
A glimpse into: The coloratura of music and dance and the merging of the arts at the resplendent Fortuny Museum • The mirage-like, spiraling stair-ladden, architectural hidden wonder of Venice, Scala Contarini del Bovolo and its Tintoretto Room • Galleria Accademia, the great bastion of Venetian painting
A Masking moment to sample and if desired, select, a treasure from the greatest of Venetian mask-making artisans
Primavera-inspired concentrated studio sessions and performance rehearsals in Venice on the technique and choreography of Isadora Duncan
Performance opportunities at vaunted institutions and stately villas of the Veneto and further afield arranged by IDII Ambassador to Venice, Sophie Eustache
Two celebratory meals of local delicacies, enshelled delights and verdant wonders from the pristine terra of the abundant island of San Erasmo
A procession to Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute to honor the Ceremonies of the Healing Waters at the Heart of Venice

Full trip cost includes 10 nights lodging based on atelier-style double/triple occupancy, guidance throughout, all local group transportation for scheduled tour highlights, breakfast and one meal daily, group admission to all museums and scheduled itinerary excursions, rehearsal and performance(s) and the complete European Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies.
Based on double/triple occupancy, single supplement at extra cost. Airfare not included. Itinerary and fees subject to change.

A Preview for the Festival of the Delphic Games 2021
2019-06-20 - 2019-06-21 | The Center for Hellenic Studies of Harvard University, 3100 Whitehaven St NW, Washington, DC, DC, 20008, United States
ISADORA DUNCAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE, INC.,
THE ECUMENICAL DELPHIC UNION
& THE CENTER FOR HELLENIC STUDIES
cordially invite you to
A PREVIEW FOR
THE FESTIVAL OF
THE DELPHIC GAMES 2021
with Founding Chair, Jeanne Bresciani, Ph.D.,
Co-Chair Zoie Lafis, Executive Director, Center for Hellenic Studies
& the Honorable Paniotis Kaltsis, Former Mayor to Delphi
Thursday, June 20th through Friday, June 21st, 2019
at The Center for Hellenic Studies of Harvard University
3100 Whitehaven St NW, Washington, DC 20008
Exploratory Discussions • Lectures • Performance
Apply to Present
Apply to Committee Interest
Or experience this Preview and take part in helping to forge the path towards the next Reinstatement of the Delphic Games, 2021
| To RSVP to all or part of the Preview, please email info@idii.org with your name(s), contact information and days of interest|
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Please register your interest in any capacity by Monday June 3rd, 2019

Seeking Concerted Engagement In:
Sponsorship • Ambassadorial Positions • Presentations
• Committeeship • Organization & Societal Affiliation • International Participation
The sacred and ancient tradition of The Delphic Games, uniquely celebrating the
Delphic Ideal of art, music, myth, dance, poetry, song, philosophy, theater and sport,
will be revitalized again in its modern renewal by:
THE COMMITTEE FOR THE REINSTATEMENT OF THE DELPHIC GAMES
This preview will be a practicum for bringing forth five days of world-class lectures, intensive workshops, leadership initiatives, round-table discussions and performances, held on the mythical, archaeological grounds of Mount Parnassus, led by renowned scholars, artists and sports specialists on the convergence of the manifold arts, inspired by the venerable tradition of The Delphic Games in the sacred landscape of Delphi
Statements of Purpose
1. To re-establish an historic tradition of immense, intrinsic value from antiquity that has viability and bears relevance to the present time.
2. To foster the significance of the Delphic Ideal as formative to the West’s archetypal imprint and to heighten awareness of its enduring contribution to humankind on a global scale.
3. To establish a Festival of The Arts that honors excellence based on standards, inclusive of, yet beyond, technique alone, recollecting the original, numinous properties inherent in both art and the experience of festival.
4. To create a Forum for Sport that considers the philosophy and pedagogy of athletics in its historical precedents and shows how the foundational ideals and ethics of sport continue to inspire contemporary life.
5. To combine the separate urgencies in the performing arts and in sport today in order to find a meeting ground for their potential, joint, respective celebration of human powers.
6. To serve as a model on a mythological and an actual plane for international social, political and cultural understanding and collaboration.
7. To aid cities of the world in developing a united capacity for missions inclusive of sport and the performing arts in spatial and relational tandem.
8. To re-energize Delphi, its archaeological site and its museum, in their unique proximity to nature and to community, less as a hub of tourism and more as a living center of myth.

CPI| Isadora Duncan & A Sense of the Beautiful
2019-06-24 16:00 - 2019-06-28 22:00 UTC | Tempio di Danza, 20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY, 12440
Isadora Duncan & A Sense of the Beautiful
Monday, June 24th through 28th, 2019
Movement seminars will take place at Tempio di Danza’s beautiful air-conditioned, sprung, wooden surfaced studio. Daylight and evening seminars will also be held poolside, in the water, and at outdoor locations.
Beginning 4PM Monday, ending 10PM Friday in Festive Performance
Open to all General Students and Candidates in
The Certificate Program in Isadora Studies I: The Training
For more information and registration, please contact:
info@idii.org ~ www.idii.org ~ 212.753.0846
Tuition: $500
Open to general students and those enrolled in the Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies I: The Training.
To register, please return the two attached registration forms to the IDII via mail or email.
IDII Registration
IDII Waiver
IDII Directions
View the wide range of Lodging options near the Tempio di Danza (High Falls Vicinity). Room sharing options can be arranged by contacting the Isadora Duncan International Institute.

CPI | Isadora Duncan in the Cultural Continuum: The 18th to 21st Centuries
2019-08-07 16:00 - 2019-08-11 22:00 UTC | Tempio di Danza, 20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY, 12440
Isadora Duncan in the Cultural Continuum: The 18th to 21st Centuries
Wednesday, August 7th to 11th, 2019
Movement seminars will take place at Tempio di Danza’s beautiful air-conditioned, sprung, wooden surfaced studio. Daylight and evening seminars will also be held poolside, in the water, and at outdoor locations.
Beginning 4PM Wednesday, ending Sunday in Festive Performance at 7PM
Open to all General Students and Candidates in
The Certificate Program in Isadora Studies I: The Training
For more information and registration, please contact:
info@idii.org ~ www.idii.org ~ 212.753.0846
Tuition: $500
Open to general students and those enrolled in the Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies I: The Training.
To register, please return the two attached registration forms to the IDII via mail or email.
IDII Registration
IDII Waiver
IDII Directions
View the wide range of Lodging options near the Tempio di Danza (High Falls Vicinity). Room sharing options can be arranged by contacting the Isadora Duncan International Institute.

DATE CHANGE ~Seasonal Enhancer | The Alchemy of Autumn
2019-10-03 10:00 - 18:00 UTC | Tempio di Danza, 20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY, 12440
Isadora Duncan
&
the Alchemy of Autumn
One-Day Seasonal Enhancer
Thursday, October 3rd, 2019
Tempio di danza, High Falls, NY
$125
Beginning at 10am and concluding at 6pm that evening.
ISADORA DUNCAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE, INC.
Founding Sponsor for the
Festival of the Reinstatement of the Delphic Games
A not-for-profit, tax exempt, arts and education organization founded in 1977 by Maria-Theresa Duncan and Kay Bardsley
Tempio di Danza 20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY 12440
Open to general students.
To register, please return the two attached registration forms to the IDII via mail or email.
IDII Registration
IDII Waiver
IDII Directions
For more information and registration submission, please contact:
info@idii.org ~ www.idii.org ~ 845.687.4183
Isadora Duncan International Institute
20 Clovewood Rd.
High Falls, NY 12440
View the wide range of Lodging options near the Tempio di Danza (High Falls Vicinity). Room sharing options can be arranged by contacting the Isadora Duncan International Institute.

DATE CHANGE ~CPII | Isadora Duncan & The Preludes in Culmination: No End to Becoming
2019-10-04 10:00 - 2019-10-06 17:00 UTC | Tempio di Danza, 20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY, 12440
Isadora Duncan & The Preludes in Culmination:
No End to Becoming
Chopin’s Prelude Op. 28 No. 24
& Moments from the Chopin Treasury
Certificate Program II in
Isadora Duncan Studies
Open to CPII Candidates & General Students
October 4th, 5th & 6th, 2019
beginning at 10am on the 18th, $600
& 1-Day Seasonal Enhancer
The Alchemy of Autumn, $125
Thursday, October 3rd, 2019
Open to general students and those enrolled in the Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies II: The Dances of Isadora Duncan
To register, please return the two attached registration forms to the IDII via mail or email.
IDII Registration
IDII Waiver
IDII Directions
For more information and registration submission, please contact:
info@idii.org ~ www.idii.org ~ 845.687.4183
Isadora Duncan International Institute
20 Clovewood Rd.
High Falls, NY 12440
View the wide range of Lodging options near the Tempio di Danza (High Falls Vicinity). Room sharing options can be arranged by contacting the Isadora Duncan International Institute.

Performance | ID & the Muses Reunited at the National Arts Club
2019-11-20 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | National Arts Club
Isadora Duncan & the Muses Reunited
Wednesday, November 20th, 2019, 6:30 pm
with
Jeanne Bresciani &
The International Institute Dancers
&
Word Dance Theater with
Carlos Cesar Rodriguez, Pianist

The National Arts Club
New York, New York

Performance | Frederic Chopin & Isadora Duncan: In a Lasting Luminescence of Music & Dance
2019-11-22 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, Montreal
Frederic Chopin & Isadora Duncan:
In a Lasting Luminescence of Music & Dance
Friday, November 22nd, 2019, 7:00 pm
with
Jeanne Bresciani & Rosemary Cooper of the
Isadora Duncan International Institute,
Cynthia Word & Ingrid Zimmer of Word Dance Theater with
Carlos César Rodríguez, Pianist
& IDII Guest Artist, Kathleen Hiley
Sponsored by the
Consulate General of the Republic of Poland,
3501 Avenue du Musée, Montréal, Canada
with generous thanks to
IDII Ambassador Frances Fister-Stoga on behalf of Canada
For reservations, please call: (438) 395-2708

CPI | Isadora Duncan Dancing Inside the Symbols
2020-01-17 15:00 - 2020-01-20 17:00 (America/New_York) | Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM I IN ISADORA DUNCAN STUDIES: THE TRAINING
ISADORA DUNCAN DANCING INSIDE THE SYMBOLS:
afoot, afloat, alight
Friday, January 17th through Monday, January 20th, 2020
Movement seminars will take place within Skidmore College’s beautiful, sprung, Marley surfaced studios.
Beginning 7PM Friday and ending on Monday, Martin Luther King Day at 5PM.
A ‘Celebratory Performance’ will take place at the world-class Hyde Collection on Sunday, January 19th at 3pm.
Optional Trip
Preceding the opening seminar, visit the artistic treasures of the Hyde Collection on Friday, January 17th from 3 – 5PM led by Jenny Hutchinson,
Curator of Museum Education & Programming with Jeanne Bresciani, Ph.D., Kress Fellow in the History of Art, Clark Art Institute.
Open to all Dancer and Non-Dancer General Students and
Candidates in The Certificate Program in Isadora Studies I: The Training
Includes 30 hours of CPI credit training.

For more information and registration, please contact:
info@idii.org | www.idii.org | 212.753.0846
For more information and registration, please contact:
info@idii.org ~ www.idii.org ~ 212.753.0846
Tuition: $500
Open to general students and those enrolled in the Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies I: The Training.
To register, please return the two attached registration forms to the IDII via mail or email.
IDII Registration
IDII Waiver

Travel | Carnevale di Venezia: Art at the Heart of Festival
2020-02-21 15:00 - 2020-02-26 11:00 (America/New_York) | Venezia, Venice, Italy
Venice Carnevale:
Art at the Heart of Festival
Luxury Cultural Tour, February 21 to 26, 2020
with optional Educational Prelude in the Fine and Lively Arts, February 19 to 21, 2020
Directed by
Jeanne Bresciani, Ph.D.
Art at the Heart of Festival, is a uniquely guided cultural tour highlighting the season of Carnevale at its pitch of reverence and revelry through choice experiences at iconic and little-known enclaves. The days are comprised of exclusively tailored cultural talks and walks, inaugural events, luncheons and musical performances as well as private balls through the esteemed, members only Associazione Internazionale per il Carnevale di Venezia, noted for its rekindling of the ancient festival of Carnevale. Framing the entire journey will be the sumptuous five-night stay at the luxury, 5-star palazzo on the Grand Canal, Ca’ Sagredo, adorned with its Venetian-Gothic facade, Baroque adornments and naturally intoxicating aura of past and present.

“My own, My beautiful, My only Venice…this is Breath!”
Lord Byron

Luxury Tour Includes:
Luxury, 5-star accommodations for 5 nights ◆ Gala afternoon/evening balls & ball transportation by private water taxi ◆ Glassmaking & Mask Making Atelier Experiences ◆ Rare Venetian events ◆ Music & Dance Performances ◆ Daily artisanal breakfast
◆ Festive dinners ◆ Richly laden luncheons ◆ Dolcezza & Aperitivo moments

For registration and more information:
www.idiivenice.com
845-687-4183
info@idii.org
Details and Registration
Luxury Cultural Tour: $4,500
Optional Educational Prelude: $500
Registration Dates:
Registration with initial $1,500 deposit – October 28th, 2019
Remaining payment – December 16th, 2019
Based on double occupancy, single supplement at extra cost.
Airfare not included. Itinerary subject to change.​
also introducing
Serenissima Circle
hosting a new generation
for Carnevale di Venezia
www.idiivenice.com

Virtual Masterclass | The Quest for Isadora
2020-05-01 19:00 - 2020-05-03 19:00 (America/New_York) | Digital Class Format, 20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY, 12440
The Quest for Isadora
For some of us Isadora’s exigency is within every breath and is part of our very life force. She is less ‘other’ and is more ‘essence’. Having forged – roughhewn and refined – a ‘school of life’, her presence filtered into everything, everywhere. From a rare capacity for universality through the courageous dissemination of her art and its technique, choreography and imaginative potential, she has called many to her, who have answered lifelong. Some, if not all, of the following strivings provided within her canon give initiatory force to:
• a sense of identity • a physical prowess • an embodiment of womanliness • a romantic enhancement • a challenge to the self • a whimsical caprice • a realm of inspiration • a path to freedom • an expressive outlet • a mission of peace • a conduit to service • an opening of the heart • an immersion in beauty • a deepening humanness • an amelioration of suffering • a call to action • a breakthrough • a healing balm • a conduit to empowerment • a flight of transcendence • an access to transformation • a system of belief • a commingling of souls • an historical gaze • a site of sanctuary
… and are made possible through Isadora’s art.
We shall experience them as tributaries of a stream of life flowing, branching and spreading from the well-formed arcs of Duncan’s consummate movement. There we shall not only discover more deeply Isadora but the heart of our own quest for the Dance.
All students of Life, Movement, and Art are welcome.
Virtual classes will be live via Zoom.
Jeanne Bresciani
Director of the Isadora Duncan International Institute/NYC
www.idii.org
Friday, May 9, 2020, 7-9pm
Saturday, May 10, 2020, 10am – 12pm
Sunday, May 11, 2020, 10am – 12pm
Entire Weekend (6 hours): $120
One 2-hour session: $50
All registrations must be received by 5 pm the day before class.
To register or for more information: cynthia@worddance.org

Digital Offering | CPII | Isadora Duncan in Reflective Gaze
2020-05-15 15:00 - 2020-05-17 13:00 (America/New_York) | Digital Class Format, 20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY, 12440
Isadora Duncan in Reflective Gaze
Dances that pierce the darkness and unknown to the discovery of light within and without
Rescheduled and presented in digital format
A 9-hour CPII program featuring Duncan’s original, solo choreographies
May 15th 3-6pm EST, 16th 10-1pm EST and 17th 10-1pm EST , 2020
Chopin’s Harp Etude & Narcissus Waltz
Tuition – $300
Open to general students and those enrolled in the Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies II: The Dances of Isadora Duncan
This offering will be presented live and interactive via Zoom Meetings. You can participate with any desktop or smart phone device with a microphone and camera. Instructions will be emailed 24 hours before the start of the workshop.
To register, please return the two attached registration forms to the IDII via mail or email.
Register now!
IDII Waiver
For more information and registration submission, please contact:
info@idii.org ~ www.idii.org ~ 845.687.4183
Isadora Duncan International Institute
20 Clovewood Rd.
High Falls, NY 12440

POSTPONED | The European Certificate Program | Lisbon, Portugal
2020-05-17 18:00 - 2020-05-24 09:00 (America/New_York)
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Isadora Duncan & the Soul of Nature
Lisbon, Portugal
May 17th to 24th, 2020 with celebratory performance on May 23rd, 2020
Guided Travel Performance Tour and
European Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies
Directed by Jeanne Bresciani, Ph.D. with Mary DiSanto-Rose, Ed.D.
Comprehensive Tour Fee: $1,800
European Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies Elected Only: $500*
*Includes studio seminar fees only. There are no reductions for partial attendance.
Full Flier Here
Join us in celebration of the 5th annual fully accredited European Certificate Program in the beautiful, coastal city of Lisbon where we shall enmesh in the immediacy and latent inspirations of the natural world adjacent the dramatic cliffs, mountains, verdant gardens and twinkling Atlantic waters.
Itinerary Highlights Include:

30 hours (five days) of Certificate Program accredited training in intense studio sessions in the technique of Isadora Duncan and creative explorations in her oeuvre
Rehearsal and performance at a museum UNESCO World Heritage Site on Saturday, May 23rd
Tasteful ‘atelier’ style lodging adjacent the studio center in the charming and bohemian neighborhood of Madragoa
Day trips to sites of artistic, cultural and natural import with evocative, workshop-style movement in situ

Comprehensive Tour Fee Includes: 7 nights lodging based on atelier-style double/triple occupancy, guidance throughout, all local group transportation for scheduled tour highlights, group lunch or dinner daily, group admission to all museums and scheduled itinerary excursions, rehearsal and performance(s) and the complete European Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies. The workshop week will culminate in festival performance at an exquisite, Lisbon museum UNESCO World Heritage Site. Based on double/triple occupancy, single supplement at extra cost. Airfare and transfers not included.
Itinerary and fees subject to change.
For more information and registration, please contact the IDII:
info@idii.org | www.idii.org | 212.753.0846
20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY 12440

The Mythic Body & The Spring Star Within
2020-06-05 10:00 - 2020-06-07 13:00 (America/New_York) | Digital Class Format, 20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY, 12440
The Mythic Body & The Spring Star Within | from the Myth, Movement and Metaphor Series

Friday, June 5th 10am – 1pm EST
Saturday, June 6th 10am – 1pm EST
Sunday, June 7th 10am – 1pm EST
All held via Zoom
with Jeanne Bresciani, Ph.D.
Explore and embody the elements within the Spring astrological signs of Aries, Taurus and Gemini through the technique and philosophy of Isadora Duncan. Movement explorations will be based on the mythic and evolutionary aspects of the Spring Quadrant within the astrological wheel.
As an included option, Full Registrants may submit their exact birth time, date and location for a 20 minute personal interpretation of these three signs as depicted within the birth chart. Upon registration, students will receive via email a link for scheduling and time slots will be available following workshop sessions on June 5th, 6th and 7th.
Learn more about the Myth, Movement and Metaphor Program here
Tuition – $225
Register now!

'The Delphic Preview' 2020 | Digital Offering
2020-06-19 09:00 - 2020-06-20 19:00 (America/New_York) | The Center for Hellenic Studies of Harvard University, 3100 Whitehaven St NW, Washington, DC, DC, 20008, United States
The Delphic Preview
Festival of the Muses

The Delphic Preview: Festival of the Muses celebrates contemporary re-imaginings of Greek culture as they pertain to the ancient and eternal tradition of the Festival of the Delphic Games. The online event invites the global community to engage with ancient Greek art, music, dance, poetry, song, myth, sport and theater in modern iterations through live-streamed performances and discussions, and through the Garden of the Muses, a collection of videos, audio recordings, and scholarly articles.
The Festival is presented by Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies in collaboration with the Isadora Duncan International Institute, the Ecumenical Delphic Union, and the Committee for the Reinstatement of the Delphic Games. Sponsors include MOISA: The International Society for the Study of Greek and Roman Music and its Cultural Heritage. The Festival is part of the larger initiative to further the ongoing modern reinstatements of the Festival of the Delphic Games to be held next in Delphi, June 2021.
All times in Eastern Daylight Time. Live stream available at chs.harvard.edu and on YouTube. Recordings will be available on YouTube.
‘Preview’ Aspects from the IDII include:
Friday, June 19th
9:00-10:30am — Opening Ceremony
Zoie Lafis (Center for Hellenic Studies), Gregory Nagy (Center for Hellenic Studies), Panos Kaltsis (Ecumenical Delphic Union), and Jeanne Bresciani, Founding Chair of the Committee for the Reinstatement of the Delphic Games (Isadora Duncan International Institute).
A welcome message from the organizing institutions of the Delphic Preview, featuring the presentation of two dances:
In Tanagra Procession is a collaborative interpretation staged by Jeanne Bresciani for the Delphic Preview 2020 after the original study by Isadora Duncan on form and character as housed within the Tanagra figurines. Dancers within this digital project span diverse artistic backgrounds and locales across the globe from Japan to Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Hawaii, Canada and more locally within the continental United States forging a universality digitally through these ancient and eternal statements on the telos of personhood.
Ode to Nike: Triumph of the Human Spirit (excerpt), performed by Rosemary Cooper, choreographed by Jeanne Bresciani after fragments left from Isadora Duncan via Maria-Theresa Duncan, the “last dancing Isadorable” and co-founder of the Isadora Duncan International Institute, to Chopin’s legendary Heroic Polonaise Op. 53 in A Flat Major. In this historic encounter, homage is paid to Athena Pronoia gifted in foreknowledge of trial to triumph for the mitigation of suffering and the enhancement of soul.
“Living laws within the living body.” Isadora Duncan
Click here for a full schedule of events and materials within the Garden of the Muses
All times in Eastern Daylight Time. Live stream available at chs.harvard.edu and on YouTube. Recordings will be available on YouTube.

Mythos in the Western Healing Tradition
2020-07-10 19:00 - 2020-07-12 13:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Mythos in the Western Healing Tradition
Enter the curative sanctums of Hygeia, Asclepius and Chiron for encounters with the life engendering force of embodied ritual, the regenerative sphere of dreams and the musical care of body and soul.

Friday, July 10th 7pm – 10pm
Saturday, July 11th 10am – 1pm
Sunday, July 12th 10am – 1pm

Course Fee: $225 with 20 minute private consultation included via Zoom with myself on matters concerning myth, movement and metaphor with implications to healing modalities.
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CPI | Isadora Primordia: On Origins
2020-08-04 19:00 - 2020-08-07 21:00 (America/New_York) | Tempio di Danza, 20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY, 12440
Certificate Program I in Isadora Duncan Studies
Isadora Primordia: On Origins
Tuesday, August 4th to Friday, August 7th, 2020
Held live via Zoom with Jeanne Bresciani, Ph.D.
Honoring ‘Isadora Explorer’ specific elements in Isadora technique, class studies, choreographies and improvisational methods will trace the primordial background to her ‘style transcendent’. As in a natural history of art, uncovering ‘living laws within the living body’, reservoirs of her knowledge and experience will be delved to discover sources, symbols and meanings empowering her lasting legacy. From material realms earthed and sublimed we shall return elemental inspiration and dynamic imperative to ourselves and to her dance in inspirational renderings grounded in principles ancient, eternal and universal. Upon registration, students will receive via email a link for scheduling private supervision and time slots will be available following workshop sessions.
The Certificate Program I is a professional training program leading to the Certificate in Isadora Duncan Studies and to the development of new Duncan programs internationally. The purpose of Program I is to train individuals intensively and professionally for the teaching and performance of the Duncan work. Three aspects of study and practice are emphasized: the aesthetic in the June week, the philosophical in the August week and the pedagogical in the February week. Each aspect is approached experientially through physical embodiment. The program is based on authentic Duncan technique and choreography, while developing a powerful access to students’ own creative resources for moving, teaching and the creation of new works.
Tuesday, August 4th 7pm-10pm
Wednesday, August 5th 10am-2pm
Thursday, August 6th 7pm-10pm
Friday, August 7th 10am-2pm with optional evening student work sharing 8-9pm EDT
Includes 15 credit hours of CPI training and a 20 minute private supervision session held via Zoom.
Tuition: $350 | Register Here
Open to general students and those enrolled in the Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies I: The Training.

The Mythic Body & The Summer Star Within | from the Myth, Movement and Metaphor Series
2020-09-11 10:00 - 2020-09-13 13:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
The Mythic Body & The Summer Star Within | from the Myth, Movement and Metaphor Series
Friday, September 11th 10am – 1pm EST
Saturday, September 12th 10am – 1pm EST
Sunday, September 13th 10am – 1pm EST
All held via Zoom
with Jeanne Bresciani, Ph.D.
Explore and embody the elements within the Summer astrological signs of Cancer, Leo and Virgo through the technique and philosophy of Isadora Duncan. Movement explorations will be based on the mythic and evolutionary aspects of the Summer Quadrant within the astrological wheel.
As an included option, Full Registrants may submit their exact birth time, date and location for a 20 minute personal interpretation of these three signs as depicted within the birth chart. Upon registration, students will receive via email a link for scheduling and time slots will be available following workshop sessions on Sept. 11th, 12th and 13th.
Learn more about the Myth, Movement and Metaphor Program here
Tuition – $225
Register now!

Princeton Club Presents "Mythos in the Western Healing Tradition" Webinar
2020-09-23 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Mythos in the Western Healing Tradition
with Jeanne Bresciani
Wednesday, September 23
6:00PM Virtual Program
Free for Members
Hosted by Suzanne Roff
Protection, prevention, and healing are never so relevant as they are today. In the inspiring Zoom-cast, Jeanne Bresciani, Ph.D., Artistic Director, Isadora Duncan International Institute, will share her knowledge on healing agencies and instincts available, yet overlooked. Her research stems from Native American, Medieval European and Ancient Greek legacies.
This visual presentation is a journey punctuated by three breathful, subtle movement interludes for brief, participatory interaction, seated or standing, so that a modicum of wisdom from these traditions will directly address body, mind and spirit as recognizable inherent forces.
From a cultural historian’s point of view, you will have the opportunity to learn and bear witness to the mythic, imaginal and natural backdrop of illness and the concomitant healing capacity deeply within the human ken. Going backward from the energies of the earth and sky inheritance on the North American continent; to the powerful ‘viriditas’(greening) underlying the music and rapture of Hildegard von Bingen; to Hippocrates’ clear, directed advice on food, habit and the regenerative sphere of dreams, we shall foster the trifold prescriptions of mind, body and spirit to heal.
This 90-minute seminar shall be concluded with a brief Q & A session.
Please email Rosemary, at rosemary@idii.org to register for this event
Jeanne Bresciani, M.A., Kress Fellow in Art History, M.A. (Williams College Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute), Fulbright Scholar in Dance (New York University), I.M.A. in Archetypal Psychology/Laban Studies, Ph.D. (New York University), is the main protégée of Maria Theresa Duncan, adopted daughter of Isadora Duncan and serves as Artistic Director for the Isadora Duncan International Institute (idii.org). Hailed by the press as “the divine in motion” for her lifelong dedication to the body of myth, Bresciani is former Faculty at NYU and Founding Chair of the Committee for the Reinstatement of the Delphic Games allied with Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies. She has presented at Lincoln Center, The British Museum, The Olympic Games and archaeological sites, palaces, stages and universities globally. Her influence includes the development of the first accredited Duncan training programs in the US, Asia and Europe and the revivification of great Western festivals including the Delphic Games of Greece; and in Italy within the ongoing development of Carnevale di Venezia and the Serenissima Circle, a philanthropic group of like-minded individuals devoted to the preservation of the cultural treasury found within the incomparable city. Jeanne is in frequent artistic and scholarly residency internationally and is recipient of The “Tenth Muse” Golden Award 2016 granted by the Universal Delphic Union and the Honorable Panos J. Kaltsis.

Digital CPII | Isadora & Chopin: In Earthly Pairing
2020-10-02 - 2020-10-04
Isadora & Chopin:
In Earthly Pairing
A 9-hour CPII program featuring Duncan’s original, solo choreographies
Friday, October 2nd 7-10pm EDT
Saturday, October 3rd 10-1pm EDT
Sunday, October 4th 3-6pm EDT
All held via Zoom
with Jeanne Bresciani, Ph.D.
Chopin’s Twirling Mazurka & Gypsy Mazurka
Tuition – $300
Open to general students and those enrolled in the Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies II: The Dances of Isadora Duncan
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Myth, Movement & Metaphor | Isadora Duncan: Movement at the Threshold
2020-11-06 16:00 - 2020-11-08 13:00 (America/New_York)
Isadora Duncan:
Movement at the Threshold
In this next chapter of the Myth, Movement & Metaphor Program, we shall encounter the liminal spaces of physical, mental, spiritual and emotional change for the dancer and for humankind as witnessed at crucible places and times of impact, great and small. From the sacred to the profane, mythic to everyday, we shall arrive at, meet, cross and reflect upon our passage at the bridge places of life as turning points to newness and growth through deeper presence and authenticity in the dance. Akin to Isadora’s enactments through art, history, music and the mythos, we shall be guided to remastery at crossroads personal and universal confronting past, present and future at junctures quintessential. Ultimately, in terpsichorean mode, movement shall enliven us to the brink of awakening, expanding, refining and revamping like a tonic to stagnation – the clarity of the next footfall. Borrowing perspectives from Ovid’s natural and celestial haunts in Metamorphoses, Dante’s ancient and eternal realm in the Divine Comedy and Rilke’s burst of divine inspiration in the Sonnets to Orpheus, we shall chart – not what we have done before, not just what we want to do but what we must do in answer to the call of destiny.
“Voluminous, vast, swelling like sails in the wind, the movements of my dance carry me onward — onward and upward…” ~ Isadora Duncan
Friday, November 6th 4pm – 7pm EST
Saturday, November 7th 7pm – 10pm EST
Sunday, November 8th 10am – 1pm EST
REGISTER HERE | Tuition: $225 // Includes 9 credit hours of training and a 20 minute private supervision session held via Zoom.

Myth Program | Isis to Isadora in Creative Counterpart
2020-12-11 16:00 - 2020-12-13 13:00 (America/New_York) | Digital Class Format, 20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY, 12440
Isis to Isadora in Creative Counterpart
Myth, Movement & Metaphor Program
Combining studies in movement and writing improvisation, choreography, archetypal psychology and mythology
Designed for students from diverse fields of study, the goal of this training is to reanimate the place of myth and the mythic imagination through exploration, experimentation and immersion in expressive arts, studies in movement and relevant writings on myth and symbol. With an interdisciplinary approach to their research, and careful guidance from program faculty, graduates will be well poised to contribute to present day conversations on myth.
Program Components Include:

Language and movement improvisation
Supervised research and written course work on literary and movement studies
Choreographic research
Parallels to contemporary studies in archetypal psychology

Friday, December 11th 4pm – 7pm EST
Saturday, *Optional* Myth Exploration 12 – 1pm EST
Saturday, December 12th 7pm – 10pm EST
Sunday, December 13th 10am – 1pm EST
Register Here
Tuition: $225 // Includes 9 credit hours of training and a 20 minute private supervision session held via Zoom.

In Winters' Good Graces Celebration | Winter Garden
2020-12-22 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Digital Class Format, 20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY, 12440
Please join us to light the way through this Winter Solstice and to traverse the spiral of greening on Tuesday, December 22nd at 8pm EST in our annual, yet first digital, Winter Garden.

We invite you to craft your own spiral of greens, boughs, garlands, silks or imaginal manifestations and keep a candle or faux candle at the ready for lighting. Jeanne Bresciani shall guide us in thematic movement as we jointly prepare to spiral the labyrinthine path to the rebirth of the sun via music, dance and verse.
RSVP here to receive Zoom information for the event.

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020, 8pm EST
Online via Zoom
Free of Charge

January CPI | Isadora Duncan & The Elements of Performance
2021-01-15 - 2021-01-18 | Digital Class Format, 20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY, 12440
Isadora Duncan & The Elements of Performance
Tracking the Mother of Modern Dance’s groundbreaking ‘style transcendent’ from studio to stage via Stanislavski’s homage to Isadora demonstratively through excerpts from her craft & choreography
Course open to Candidates and General Students of all levels
Tuition: $300
Certificate Program I Course open to Candidates and General Students of all levels.
The purpose of Program I is to train individuals intensively and professionally for the teaching and performance of the Duncan technique. Three aspects of study and practice are emphasized: the aesthetic, the philosophical and the pedagogical. Each aspect is approached experientially through physical embodiment. The program is based on authentic Duncan technique and choreography, while developing a powerful access to students’ own creative resources for moving, teaching and the creation of new works.
Schedule:
Friday, January 15th 3-6pm EST
Saturday, January 16th 3-7pm EST
Sunday, January 17th 3-7pm EST
Monday, January 18th 10-1pm EST & Open Performance 7-8pm EST
Held via Zoom with Jeanne Bresciani. Includes 15 credit hours of CPI training.

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