Isadora Duncan International Institute

CPI | Isadora Duncan at Sites of the Soul
2021-05-20 19:00 - 2021-05-23 19:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Isadora Duncan at Sites of the Soul
Certificate Program I Course open to Candidates and General Students of all levels.
Held via Zoom with Jeanne Bresciani. Includes 15 credit hours of CPI training.
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:
Thursday, May 20th 7-10pm EDT
Friday, May 21st 4-7pm EDT
Saturday, May 22nd 10-1pm EDT
Sunday, May 23rd 10-1pm EDT & Open Performance 7-8pm EDT

Tuition: $300
Private conferences available at additional fee.
Register Here
By participating in this online course, I have read and fully agree to the Digital Class Terms & Conditions

CPI | Isadora Duncan & A Sense of the Beautiful
2021-08-19 16:00 - 2021-08-22 21:00 | Digital Class Format, 20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY, 12440
Isadora Duncan & A Sense of the Beautiful
Certificate Program I Course open to Candidates and General Students of all levels.
Held via Zoom with Jeanne Bresciani. Includes 15 credit hours of CPI training.
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.

About the Course:
“… create Beauty and Inspiration for a new life “ ID
The legacy of Isadora Duncan as revelatory of beauty is a vital touchstone of her tradition. Arguably, she alone traversed the great abyss toward Modernism embodied and with beauty as a cogent and inherent value. Perhaps, among all the powers of her vast artistry, it was her astonishing call for the chain of being to be linked to the undying value of beauty that had first been defined by the Greeks for our understanding. For beauty is bequeathed to us from Duncan as mandate for every living person and as an eternal principle proffered as prayer and possibility to the modern world. In Duncan’s six-fold relationship to beauty comprised of: apperception, receptivity, possession, expression, communion and bestowal – a complete round of experience is returned to the beautiful. As an education for life through the dance, Duncan’s practice, philosophy and pedagogy continues to become an education for beauty’s sake in all its ideal and variegated forms within the self, others and in the soul of the world itself.
Schedule:
Thursday, August 19 – 4-7pm EDT
Friday, August 20th – 4-7pm EDT
Saturday, August 21st – 7-10pm EDT
Sunday, August 22nd – 10am-12pm EDT & 6-8pm EDT with Open Performance at 8pm
Tuition: $300
Private conferences available at additional fee.
Register Here
By participating in this online course, I have read and fully agree to the Digital Class Terms & Conditions

CPII | Chopiniana: Dances from the Duncan Treasury Pt. 1
2021-09-10 16:00 - 2021-09-12 19:00 | Zoom
Chopiniana: Dances from Duncan Treasury
Part I
Trailblazing her way across the theaters and culture spaces of Europe, Duncan, with her groundbreaking works to the Polish genius, would ignite in artists and benefactors alike a radical new conception of dance and theater as a Gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art.
Described as a “romantic reverie,” Chopiniana, Op. 46, orchestrated by Alexander Galzunov and choreographed by Michael Fokine with Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, is a fantasy setting of some of Chopin’s famous waltzes, polonaises, nocturnes and mazurkas new and yet bearing the hidden imprint of Duncan’s pivotal artist renderings. We shall explore these outcroppings of mood and form to the “poet of the piano” and track selected Duncan choreographies in their own right and within the colored variations of Chopiniana.
About the the Chopin IDII Legacy:
The Isadora Duncan International Institute has held choreographic stores of masterworks to the great composers but none more foundational to Duncan’s art than those of Chopin, from the beginning of her career in 1901 to her last appearances in 1927. Isadora became known worldwide for dancing to all of Chopin’s repertoire with the most noted Chopin exponents of her time, in Chopin Evenings, full concerts of dances, set solely to the Polish master’s pianistic works. Unmatched in its breadth and historical precedence, the rare canon, held exclusively by the IDII, represents the entire known holdings of Isadora’s synergistic works to Chopin’s numerous preludes, nocturnes, etudes, waltzes, and mazurkas as passed down in direct lineage by Maria-Theresa, founder of the IDII, Inc., Isadora Duncan’s adopted daughter, the “last dancing Isadorable.”
All held via Zoom live from Tempio di danza
Open to general students and those enrolled in the Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies II: The Dances of Isadora Duncan.
Schedule
Friday, September 10th 3-7pm EDT
Saturday, September 11th 11-3pm EDT
Sunday, Sunday 12th 3-7pm EDT
Tuition – $300
Register Here
By participating in this online course, I have read and fully agree to the Digital Class Terms & Conditions

Myth Program | Mnemosyne: Memory at the Mythic Matrix
2021-10-29 15:00 - 2021-10-31 20:30 | Zoom
Myth, Movement & Metaphor Program
Open to Program Candidates and general movers of all levels.
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

Schedule
Friday, October 29th 3pm – 7pm EDT
Saturday, October 30th 10am – 2pm EDT
Sunday, October 31st 10am – 12pm & 6:30pm – 8:30pm EDT
Performance and Graduation Ceremony, Sunday, October 31st 7:30pm to 8:30pm EDT
Tuition: $300 // Includes 12 credit hours of training
Register Here
30 minute private supervision session held via Zoom available at additional fee

Free Zoom Performance | Isadora & Chopin: Etudes in the Mythic Romantic
2021-11-07 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
Isadora & Chopin: Etudes in the Mythic Romantic
Sunday, November 7th, 2021 – 6pm EST
Join us for an evening of new work on the transformative power of art to Chopin’s Etudes from the Isadora Duncan International Institute Dancers and Guest Artist, Kathleen Hiley

This is a free event with donation options. Prior registration is required.
Please note that registration for this event will close at 10am on Sunday, November 7th.

Please adjust your clocks in America as Daylight savings will no longer be in affect!

Attend!

CPII | Chopiniana: Dances from the Duncan Treasury Pt. II
2021-12-10 16:00 - 2021-12-12 19:00 | Zoom
Chopiniana: Dances from Duncan Treasury
Part II
Trailblazing her way across the theaters and culture spaces of Europe, Duncan, with her groundbreaking works to the Polish genius, would ignite in artists and benefactors alike a radical new conception of dance and theater as a Gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art.
Described as a “romantic reverie,” Chopiniana, Op. 46, orchestrated by Alexander Galzunov and choreographed by Michael Fokine with Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, is a fantasy setting of some of Chopin’s famous waltzes, polonaises, nocturnes and mazurkas new and yet bearing the hidden imprint of Duncan’s pivotal artist renderings. We shall explore these outcroppings of mood and form to the “poet of the piano” and track selected Duncan choreographies in their own right and within the colored variations of Chopiniana.
About the the Chopin IDII Legacy:
The Isadora Duncan International Institute has held choreographic stores of masterworks to the great composers but none more foundational to Duncan’s art than those of Chopin, from the beginning of her career in 1901 to her last appearances in 1927. Isadora became known worldwide for dancing to all of Chopin’s repertoire with the most noted Chopin exponents of her time, in Chopin Evenings, full concerts of dances, set solely to the Polish master’s pianistic works. Unmatched in its breadth and historical precedence, the rare canon, held exclusively by the IDII, represents the entire known holdings of Isadora’s synergistic works to Chopin’s numerous preludes, nocturnes, etudes, waltzes, and mazurkas as passed down in direct lineage by Maria-Theresa, founder of the IDII, Inc., Isadora Duncan’s adopted daughter, the “last dancing Isadorable.”
All held via Zoom live from Tempio di danza
Open to general students and those enrolled in the Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies II: The Dances of Isadora Duncan.
Schedule
Friday, December 10th 4-7pm EST
Saturday, December 11th 12-3pm EST
Sunday, December 12th 4-7pm EST
Tuition – $300

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By participating in this online course, I have read and fully agree to the Digital Class Terms & Conditions

In-Person | Carnevale di Venezia: Art at the Heart of Festival
2022-02-25 15:00 - 2022-03-02 17:00 | Venezia, Venice, Italy
Luxury Tour
February 25th to March 2nd, 2022

Prelude in the Fine & Lively Arts
February 23rd to 25th, 2022

Learn more and register here!

Join us for 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 5 -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.
Led by Jeanne Bresciani, PhD
Kress Fellow in the History of Art & Museumship

Zoom CPI | Isadora Duncan & The Art of Ecstasy: In Creation of Festival
2022-03-18 17:00 - 2022-03-20 20:00 | Zoom
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Schedule
Friday, March 18th | 5pm-9pm EST
Saturday, March 19th | 10am-12pm & 5pm-8pm EST
Sunday, March 20th | 10am-1pm & 6pm-8pm EST with Open Performance at 7pm EST
Course Hours: 15 including one hour of assigned reading
Private conferences available at additional fee.
Certificate Program I Course open to Candidates and General Students of all levels.
By participating in this online course, I have read and fully agree to the Digital Class Terms & Conditions

About This Certificate Program I
In Isadora Duncan & The Art of Ecstasy: In Creation of Festival, this inner conjoined journey takes off via Zoom from the intimacy and enclosure of our own homes in preparation as if in rite of purification to great purpose. We recognize Isadora, who attendant to the great tutelary spirits of the ancients, became a vital force behind the first reinstatement of the Delphic Games in the early 20th century. We travel speaking Isadora’s language of guardianship, traversing her footsteps, reaffirming her Delphic imprint and fortifying the medium of festival. Our movements hone from mythos as if carved from stones of ancestors that each might be part of the art of ecstasy, at once indwelling and revelatory.
We identify motifs most Greek in her oeuvre and look to the images that informed her holistic perspective giving us the profound congruence that is the art of Isadora from essence to execution. Excavating Duncan’s technique from ancient models, we set the stage in preparation for solo and group performances on the varying stages of Delphi. We constellate the original Duncan dances as infused by the Greek fire of life in solo and group forms to be performed at the differing stages of Delphi. We amass the many contemporary IDII dances to the music of Greek and modern composers making one and whole an event tracing from primordial waters of creation forward. Coursing through ages, like muses through time, our destination remains here, now, mythic – and beyond unto the full blown Games of a Delphic future.

Zoom CPII | Isadora Duncan Into the Elemental Pt. 1
2022-04-22 16:00 - 2022-04-24 16:00 | Zoom
Isadora Duncan Into the Elemental Pt. 1
Chopin’s Preludes Op. 28, No.’s 1, 2 & 3
Open to general students and those enrolled in the Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies II: The Dances of Isadora Duncan.
Schedule
Friday, April 22nd – 4pm – 7pm EDT
Saturday, April 23rd – 12pm – 3pm EDT
Sunday, April 24th – 12pm – 3pm EDT
All held via Zoom live from Tempio di danza
By participating in this online course, I have read and fully agree to the Digital Class Terms & Conditions
Register Here

In-Person | The Festival for the Reinstatement of the Delphic Games 2022
2022-05-22 08:00 - 2022-05-28 17:00 | Delphi, Greece
May 22nd to 28th, 2022
Delphi, Greece

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

Learn more here!

Isadora Duncan & The Dancer of the Future: Heir to Nietzsche, Jung & Hillman
2022-08-19 17:00 - 2022-08-21 20:00 | Tempio di Danza, 20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY, 12440

CPII | Isadora Duncan in the Romance of the Waltz
2022-09-16 17:00 - 2022-09-18 20:00 | Zoom
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Live to On-Demand! Join Us Live on Zoom
In Strauss’ ‘Blue Danube’ Among Other Works

Schedule:

Friday, September 16th | 4pm – 7pm EST
Saturday, September 17th | 12pm – 3pm EST
Sunday, September 18th | 12pm – 3pm EST

Certificate Program II: The Dances of Isadora DuncanFor graduates of The Certificate Program I or for advanced students, a second sequence of study has been developed as a professional training program leading to The Advanced Diploma in Isadora Duncan Performance and Choreography. The program consists of intensive short courses of concentrated study and practice toward the definition and refinement of original Duncan choreographies for performance and reconstruction:

Each session will focus on a particular thematic or musical body of master works.

Sources and content of the works will be treated.

Technical components of the dances will be practiced and mastered.

The choreographic constructs of the pieces will be analyzed and executed.

Performance aspects of the masterpieces of Duncan choreography will be brought forth and coalesced toward the goal of bringing to bear finished works of art.

Myth Program | Unveiling Mystery: The Dance of the Archetypes
2022-11-04 17:00 - 2022-11-06 21:30
Myth, Movement & Metaphor Program:

Unveiling Mystery: The Dance of the Archetypes

Schedule:

Friday, November 4th | 3pm – 7pm EST

Saturday, November 5th | 10am – 2pm EDT

Sunday, November 6th | 10am – 12pm & 6:30pm – 8:30pm EDT Performance and Graduation Ceremony, Sunday, October 31st 7:30pm to 8:30pm EDT

About this Program:Combining studies in movement and writing improvisation, choreography, archetypal psychology and mythologyDesigned 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

PERFORMANCE | Isadora Duncan & Auguste Rodin: The Natural, The Passional & The Victorious
2022-11-30 17:00 - 19:00
Isadora Duncan & Auguste Rodin: The Natural, The Passional & The Victorious
Jeanne Bresciani & The Isadora Duncan International Institute Dancers
with Guest Artist Jacqueline Fernandez, Isadora Duncan México

Museo Soumaya
Mexico City, Mexico

Jeanne Bresciani

Jacqueline Fernández

Rosemary Cooper
Images by Ernesto Reynoso Velazquez

Winter Garden Open Festival Class
2022-12-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Winter Garden Open Festival Class
Please join us to light the way through this Winter Solstice and to traverse the spiral of greening, Tuesday, December 20th at 7pm EST in our annual, yet third 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.
Offered Gratis
Register Here!

In-Person and Online CPI | Isadora Duncan & The Essence of Art
2023-01-12 11:00 - 2023-01-15 17:00 | Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States
Hybrid Zoom (In-Person and Online) Certificate Program I in Isadora Duncan Studies

Thursday, January 12th through Sunday, January 15th

Movement seminars will take place within Skidmore College’s beautiful, sprung, Marley surfaced studios.

In-Person Offering:

Beginning 3PM Thursday and ending on Sunday at 5PM.

A ‘Celebratory Performance’ will take place at the world-class Hyde Collection on Sunday, January 15th at 3pm.

Optional Trip

Preceding the opening seminar, visit the artistic treasures of the Hyde Collection on Thursday, January 12th from 11 – 1PM 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 28 hours of CPI credit training with 2 hours of required reading.

Virtual Offering:

15 CPI Credit Hour Hybrid Zoom Offering of Select Course Sessions

Following course completion, students will have video availability for 90 days.

Register Here!

Carnevale di Venezia 2023
2023-02-17 15:00 - 2023-02-22 15:00 | Venezia, Venice, Italy
Carnevale di Venezia 2023

Join us for a uniquely guided 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 5 -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.
Led by Jeanne Bresciani, PhD
Kress Fellow in the History of Art & Museumship

Luxury Tour Includes:

◆ Luxury, 5-star accommodations for 5 nights ◆ Invitation only, gala afternoon and evening balls
◆ Select transportation by private water taxi ◆ Traditional craft atelier experiences with premiere artisans of Venice
◆ Exclusive music & dance performances and rare events within private palazzi ◆ Daily artisanal breakfast
◆ Festive dinners ◆ Richly laden luncheons ◆ Dolce & Aperitivo moments
◆ Guided cultural excursions orchestrated in the company of Venetian taste-makers

Details and Registration
Luxury Cultural Tour: $4,500
Registration Dates:
Initial $1,500 deposit by December 25th with full payment by January 15th, 2023.
Based on double occupancy, single supplement at extra cost.
Airfare not included. Itinerary subject to change.​

RSVP Here

Eros: The Blind, The Wounded & The Winged
2023-03-24 16:00 - 2023-03-26 15:00 | Zoom
Eros: The Blind, The Wounded & The Winged

From the Myth, Movement & Metaphor Program | Live via Zoom with Jeanne Bresciani, Ph.D.

Schedule:

Friday, March 24th – 4pm – 7:30pm Eastern

Saturday, March 25th – 12pm – 3:30pm Eastern

Sunday, March 26th – 12pm – 3:30pm Eastern

Open to Program Candidates and general movers of all levels.

About this Program:

Combining studies in movement and writing improvisation, choreography, archetypal psychology and mythologyDesigned 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

Register Here!

Myth, Movement & Music Chair Class Series
2023-04-27 17:00 - 17:45 | Zoom
Myth, Movement & Music: A Chair Class for Joy & Aliveness
All levels of movers can look forward to:
– Guided Isadora Duncan-inspired subtle chair movement to ground and strengthen
– Breathwork to calm the nervous system and lift the spirit
– Bioenergetic motifs to reinvigorate body and soul
All to selected classical music and art incorporating themes ranging from myth to Jungian studies, art history to travel, health to healing and more

Register Here

Hybrid CPII | Isadora Duncan's Scenes from Childhood: Schumann's Kinderszenen
2023-04-28 16:00 - 2023-04-30 15:00 | Tempio di Danza, 20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY, 12440
Isadora Duncan’s Scenes from Childhood
Schumann’s Kinderszenen

Live participation will take place at IDII Motherhouse, Tempio di Danza, in High Falls, New York 12440

Live Zoom Attendance – $300 | 9 Course Hours

In-Person Attendance – $500 | 15 Credit Hours

Private conferences available at additional fee.Certificate Program II Course open to Candidates and General Students of all levels.

Following live course completion, full registration includes videos of course sessions for On-Demand viewing for 90 days.

Schedule:

Friday, April 28th | 4pm – 7pm Eastern (Hybrid)

Saturday, April 29th | 10am – 1pm Eastern (In-Person Only)
Saturday, April 29th | 4pm – 7pm Eastern (Hybrid)

Sunday, April 30th | 9am – 12pm Eastern (In-Person Only)
Sunday, April 30th | 2pm – 5pm Eastern (Hybrid)

Open to Program Candidates and general movers of all levels.
***Course will be available in recorded format following its conclusion.***

Register Here!

Certificate Program II: The Dances of Isadora Duncan

For graduates of The Certificate Program I or for advanced students, a second sequence of study has been developed as a professional training program leading to The Advanced Diploma in Isadora Duncan Performance and Choreography. The program consists of intensive short courses of concentrated study and practice toward the definition and refinement of original Duncan choreographies for performance and reconstruction:

Each session will focus on a particular thematic or musical body of master works.

Sources and content of the works will be treated.

Technical components of the dances will be practiced and mastered.

The choreographic constructs of the pieces will be analyzed and executed.

Performance aspects of the masterpieces of Duncan choreography will be brought forth and coalesced toward the goal of bringing to bear finished works of art.

Myth, Movement & Music: A Chair Class for Joy & Aliveness
2023-05-04 17:00 - 17:45, 2023-05-11 17:00 - 17:45 | Zoom

In-Person & Zoom June Week | The Muses Reunited: To a World in Harmony
2023-06-22 16:00 - 2023-06-25 22:00 | Tempio di Danza, 20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY, 12440
The Muses Reunited: To a World in Harmony
Thursday, June 22nd through Sunday, June 25th, 2023
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 Thursday, ending 10PM Sunday in Festive Performance
Open to all General Students and Candidates in
The Certificate Program in Isadora Studies I: The Training
Schedule:
Thursday, June 22 | 4:00pm – 7:00pm (Hybrid)

Friday, June 23 | 10:00 am – 1:00pm (Hybrid)

4:00pm – 7:00pm (In-Person Only)

Saturday, June 24th | 10:00 am – 1:00pm (Hybrid)

4:00pm – 6:00pm (In-Person Only)

8:00pm – 10:00pm (In-Person Only)

Sunday, June 25th | 9:00am – 12:00pm (Hybrid)

3:00pm – 6:00pm (In-Person Only)

8:00pm – 10:00pm (In-Person Only)

For more information, please contact:
info@idii.org ~ 212.753.0846
Tuition: $500 In-Person / $300 Zoom Attendance
Open to general students and those enrolled in the Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies I: The Training.
Directions to the IDII can be found here.
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.

Register Here

In-Person & Zoom August Week | Isadora Duncan & The Forces of Creativity
2023-08-10 16:00 - 2023-08-13 18:00 | Tempio di Danza, 20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY, 12440
Isadora Duncan & The Forces of Creativity

Thursday, August 10th through Sunday, August 13th, 2023

In-Person Summer Study: Four-Day Intensive in the Technique and Choreography of Isadora Duncan with Jeanne Bresciani, Ph.D. held live from Tempio di Danza

Zoom Option Available

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 Thursday, ending 6PM on Sunday Open to all General Students and Candidates in The Certificate Program in Isadora Studies I: The Training

Schedule:

Thursday, August 10th | 4:00pm – 7:00pm (Hybrid)

Friday, August 11th | 10:00 am – 1:00pm (Hybrid)

4:00pm – 7:00pm (In-Person Only)

Saturday, August 12th | 10:00 am – 1:00pm (Hybrid)

4:00pm – 6:00pm (In-Person Only)

8:00pm – 10:00pm (In-Person Only)

Sunday, August 13th | 9:00am – 12:00pm (Hybrid)

3:00pm – 6:00pm (In-Person Only)

For more information, please contact:
info@idii.org ~ 212.753.0846
Tuition: $500 In-Person / $300 Zoom Attendance

Open to general students and those enrolled in the Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies I: The Training.
Directions to the IDII can be found here.
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.

Register Here!

Eros: The Blind, The Wounded & The Winged | From the Myth, Movement & Metaphor Program™
2023-09-29 10:00 - 2023-10-01 17:00 | Zoom
Eros: The Blind, The Wounded & The Winged

Friday, September 29th to Sunday, October 1st, 2023

In-Person and Live Via Zoom with Jeanne Bresciani, Ph.D.
Open to Movers of All Levels

From the Myth, Movement & Metaphor Program™

Re-Beginnings to the Eros Seminars:
The Eros Arc of Creativity
Nestled in the myth of Eros is the irreducible power that appears insatiate to this god of love, desire and sexuality. He makes his demands known to us visibly and invisibly, gently and harshly, freely and bound. He exacts his measure whether his urgency is heeded or ignored for we are ordained to live in his force field or live not at all. Invited or spurned he is summoned and impelled to act his ardor in directions as many as his arrows might traverse in multitudinous array. We meet him at differing ranges to these shafts: in the utter proximity of archetypal reaches as birthright, in those near that house pregnant symbols and those at far reaches of the mystic and mythopoetic.
There we shall embrace him in the dance of life and recognize him in his full creative and destructive sway. In step with him, we shall come to recognize the Divine Consort often tragically lost, concealed or driven away for fear of his counterparts, human and inhuman. By his side, much is promised and delivered. There we shall seek a baptism of fire and the spirit, with moistening of the soul, grafting of body back to earth and an air in contagion to both clear and enchant the mind. Let us do so to grasp the introverted, extroverted and indelibly ‘centro-verted’ heart of the matter.
The Eros in us is born from Love’s source itself, the storied and imaginative place of life experience. The notion into motion of a triune Eros as Blind, Wounded and Winged, conceived as a creative opus spanning the many arts, demands focus and passionate intent. May we find the sight, the kindling and the fearlessness to see, feel and free ourselves in recognition of Love’s mystery as the magnum opus of our lives that it is.
The story of our life dictates the course of how we give and receive love. We shall actively and contemplatively move body, heart, mind, spirit and soul to the next ground of being – alive in Love. Let us bring Venus and Mars down to earth passionately into Eros.
~ From Jeanne Bresciani, on the course

Schedule:
Friday, September 29th

10:00am – 1:00pm (In-Person Only) | 4:00pm – 7:00pm Eastern (Hybrid)

Saturday, September 30th

10:00am – 1:00pm (In-Person Only) | 3:00pm – 6:00pm Eastern (Hybrid) | 8:00pm – 10:00pm Eastern (In-Person Only)

Sunday, October 1st

9:00am – 12:00pm (Hybrid) | 3:00pm – 6:00pm Eastern (In-Person Only)

About the Myth, Movement & Metaphor Program:

A program combining studies in movement 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

Open to General Students as well as candidates in the Myth, Movement & Metaphor Program. No prior experience in movement is required.

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CPII Workshop | Isadora Lyrica: To Gluck, Chopin & Tchaikovsky
2023-11-10 10:00 - 2023-11-12 17:00 | Tempio di Danza, 20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY, 12440
Isadora Lyrica: To Gluck, Chopin & Tchaikovsky

November 10th to 12th, 2023

Live Via Zoom with Jeanne Bresciani, Ph.D. from Tempio di danza.

Live Zoom Attendance – $300

Private conferences available at additional fee. Certificate Program II Course open to Candidates and General Students of all levels. Following live course completion, full registration includes videos of course sessions for On-Demand viewing for 90 days.

Schedule:

Friday, November 10th 4pm – 7pm Eastern (Hybrid)

Saturday, November 11th | 4pm – 7pm Eastern (Hybrid)

Sunday, November 12th | 3pm – 6pm Eastern (Hybrid)

Open to Program Candidates and general movers of all levels.

***Course will be available in recorded format of hybrid sessions following its conclusion.***

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Certificate Program II: The Dances of Isadora Duncan:

For graduates of The Certificate Program I or for advanced students, a second sequence of study has been developed as a professional training program leading to The Advanced Diploma in Isadora Duncan Performance and Choreography. The program consists of intensive short courses of concentrated study and practice toward the definition and refinement of original Duncan choreographies for performance and reconstruction:

Each session will focus on a particular thematic or musical body of master works.

Sources and content of the works will be treated.

Technical components of the dances will be practiced and mastered.

The choreographic constructs of the pieces will be analyzed and executed.

Performance aspects of the masterpieces of Duncan choreography will be brought forth and coalesced toward the goal of bringing to bear finished works of art.

Washington, D.C. | Isadora & Maria-Theresa: In Panoply of Womankind
2023-11-17 19:00 - 2023-11-18 16:00 | Dumbarton Church, 3133 Dumbarton St. NW, Washington, D.C.
Isadora & Maria-Theresa in Panoply of Womankind
Led by Jeanne Bresciani, Ph.D. with Word Dance Theater
Friday, November 17th – Saturday, November 18th, 2023 Dumbarton United Methodist Church, Washington, D.C.

Day I
Friday, November 17th | 7pm – 9pm Eastern
Cost: $50 (In-Person) / $40 (Zoom)

Day II
Saturday, November 18th | 10am – 4pm Eastern
Cost: $150 (In-Person) / $120 (Zoom)

In-Person Attendance Shall Take Place At: 3133 Dumbarton St NW, Washington, DC 20007
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About the Course:
Isadora is revered as lodestar for feminism and likewise is esteemed for ‘intense womanliness’. Goddess-like stature aside, one wonders of these emblematic energies and greater contradictions co-existing within divinely human Isadora.
Without a coup de foudre at a tender age upon meeting ‘the last dancing Isadorable’, Maria-Theresa Duncan, I would have doubted an invincible female self-possession possible to hold the tension of such opposites. Isadora’s adopted daughter, was a red-haired, septuagenarian font of beauty and wisdom, freedom and strength with no expiration date. ‘The last dancing Isadorable’ disarmingly revoked all prohibitions versus the existence of a multi-dimensional, complete woman. In powerful artistry via immersive techniques and teachings – a movement of the soul, a religion of love and a treatise on living were unveiled. The collage of inspirations, insights, instincts and intuitions revealed the unsayable but never the undanceable, to become the unassailable force field of androgyny.
The genius expression of personal and collective feeling, thought and action has been passed down from Isadora, to Maria-Theresa and on to each of us. No one teaches us to be a woman, but we are chiseled by the movement and stillness, the music and silence, the role, the costume, the mirror, the magic to be freed into the full embrace of life. May we meet to dance and discern, never relinquishing our personal authority. Let us heftily reconcile the feminine to the masculine, shaping our own story, exploring it, dissecting it while keeping it alive, mystery intact.
With gratitude to Cynthia Word, Founding Director of Word Dance Theater, for this call to meet and experience in movement the magnificent array of woman. Presenting on this subject in the company of WDT in its wide-reaching breadth is of particular meaning as Cynthia is one of only two recipients of the Isadora Duncan International Institute Maria-Theresa Duncan Award, presented at the Lansburgh Shakespeare Theater, D.C. in 2010.
Jeanne Bresciani, Ph.D.

A Winter Garden Festival of Light 🌲 Isadora Festival Class
2023-12-19 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Please join us live via Zoom with Jeanne Bresciani to light the way through this Winter Festive Season and to traverse the spiral of greening in our annual 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.
Offered Freely | Register to Attend

Zoom CPI | Isadora from Inner Reaches to Outer Momentum: Dancing the Jungian Typologies Through the Labyrinth
2024-01-11 16:00 - 2024-01-14 18:00 | Tempio di Danza, 20 Clovewood Road, High Falls, NY, 12440
Isadora from Inner Reaches to Outer Momentum: Dancing the Jungian Typologies Through the Labyrinth
Thursday, January 11th to Sunday, January 14th, 2024

Upon a sacred way in dancing steps our innate prima materia leads us cross the threshold…
Zoom Winter Study: Four-Day Intensive in the Technique and Choreography of Isadora Duncan with Jeanne Bresciani, Ph.D. held live from Tempio di Danza
Available via Zoom
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Schedule:
Thursday, January 11th
4:00pm – 7:00pm (Hybrid)
Friday, January 12th
10:00am – 1:00pm (Hybrid)
Saturday, January 13th
10:00am – 1:00pm (Hybrid)
4:00pm – 7:00pm (Hybrid)
Sunday, January 14th
10:00am – 1:00pm (Hybrid)
About the Course:
Isadora from Inner Reaches to Outer Momentum:
Dancing the Jungian Typologies Through the Labyrinth
“dance is the art that gives expression to the human soul through movement, but it is also the foundation of a complete conception of life” – ID
Isadora Duncan possessed the unique ability to live from a totality of human potential and perceive all beings as vitally comprised of essential aspects – that of the mind, body, heart and soul, never neglectful of spirit. Her art constellates around these values calling for their re-emergence in individual inwardness, imagination and centeredness toward expression, expansion and wholeness. Among the first to permit herself the strong, gravitational pull of authenticity, she discovered a movement language of the soul. Through its’ inspirational and revelatory capacity, it continues to usher dancers on a truer, deeper and more complete life path.
Concurrently, to hone the self along the way, C.G. Jung conceived a language of typologies to offer a nomenclature on the differing, inborn personality types. He created these typologies as unifying principles to aid in the integration of the self and the understanding of others. He identified two major personality ‘attitudes’ or frameworks for the process of living one’s destiny: from outward in; and from inward out – extroversion and introversion. Additionally, he codified types into four psychological ‘functions’ of consciousness or modes of orientation to support clear and viable engagement with one’s inner and outer world. They were the functions of thinking and feeling for the rational, organizing of indirect experience; and sensation and intuition for the non-rational, perceiving of direct experience.
Seamlessly within Isadora’s art these types are made visible. We find them, too, wherever hidden within the labyrinthine self upon the circuitous road of life. We shall meet them together at the Tempio reckoning with the powers of thinking, feeling, sensing and intuiting on inner and outer quests via personal and group movement exercises, tableaux vivants, vision poems, physical theater, dance technique and choreography. There we shall re-inherit these gifts through awareness into action allowing art’s subtle but cogent process the weight, space and time to flow into beauty’s possibility. Epiphanies on self and other, seen in a new light from a different perspective, wait to be revealed via Jung’s semi-scientific slant. May within these embodied realizations, indecipherable secrets be given sense life that ‘the thoughts and feelings of the soul’ might brim with renewed vigor. In Duncan works and those we forge as an ensemble, we continue the spiral dance to grasp how and why we are meant for this place, our world, and this time, 2024, reverencing and reveling in being here now.

Isadora: In Filtering Light 🎬 The Glamorous Amorous in Hollywood Classic Cinema
2024-02-16 19:30 - 21:30
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