About
Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company
Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company is the resident performing troupe of the Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation. Under the artistic direction of Lori Belilove, The Company performs over 80 authentic dances that highlight the unique qualities of Isadora Duncan’s repertoire, from the early lyrical pieces to the tragic solos, all with a purity of style and excellence of movement hailed by the international press. The all-female company is a spirited ensemble of highly trained and educated dancers; moreover, each member has received private coaching from noted Duncan authorities. They are distinguished by their deeply felt connection to the art of Isadora and to Artistic Director Lori Belilove´s interpretive vision and aesthetic sensibility. As a creative team, the troupe delves into new artistic territory as it explores ways to deliver the essence of Duncan into the 21st Century.
The company has toured widely in the United States, Canada, South America, and Europe in diverse settings ranging from the college and university circuit to performing arts centers, museums, outdoor festivals, and dance events. The Company has toured Cologne, Aachen, and Bonn, Germany, and also appeared at the Design Exchange in Toronto, Canada. In 2002 the Company performed at the Theater of the Russian Army and the Urania Theater (where Isadora had her debut) in Budapest for dignitaries welcoming modern dance back into their country.
Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company have been featured in many photographs, articles, and interviews in dance magazines and publications of the Associated Press including The New Yorker, The Smithsonian, Dance Magazine, Ballet Internationale, Korean Times, Dancar Magazine (Brazil), Dance Spirit, Dance Teacher Now, Dance Australia, and the Greek-American. In America, Brazil, Greece and Russia, Lori Belilove and other company members have been featured in TV specials and film documentaries.
On their home turf in New York City, the troupe has performed seasons at The Ailey Citigroup Theater, The Duke on 42nd Street, Symphony Space, the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, Whitney Museum of American Art, Carnegie Hall, Judson Memorial Church Theater, the 92nd Street Y, and has appeared as a guest company at numerous dance festivals. The Company is also known for their intimate and well-attended Salon Series, hosted at the Duncan Foundation Studio located in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. Often, performances are combined with residencies, which include lectures, workshops or master classes. The Company’s performances range in length and venue size and often include question and answer segments where audience members mingle with the dancers.
For more information about The Company, Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation, and Artistic Director Lori Belilove – please view our Prospectus.
Past Performances
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Alabama University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Troy University
California Chapman University, The Colburn School, Mills College, UC Berkeley, UC Long Beach, UC Sacramento
Florida Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Cummer Museum of Art, Phillips Center for the Arts, University of North Florida
Illinois Academy of Music and Movement, Chicago Arts Club, Harold Washington Library Auditorium, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Northwestern University
Indiana Ball State University, Indiana University
Iowa The Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts, University of Iowa
Kansas Kansas State University
Maine Ogunquit Museum of American Art
Maryland Frostburg State University,The Peabody Preparatory of The Johns Hopkins University
Michigan Eastern University of Michigan, Oakland University, Varner Recital Hall
Ohio Capital University, Case Western University, Columbus Southern Theater,Kenyon College, Oberlin College, Ohio State University, University of Akron, University of Ohio
Pennsylvania Franklin & Marshall College, Roschel Performing Arts Center
Virginia Randolph College
Alabama University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Troy University
California Chapman University, The Colburn School, Mills College, UC Berkeley, UC Long Beach, UC Sacramento
Florida Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Cummer Museum of Art, Phillips Center for the Arts, University of North Florida
Illinois Academy of Music and Movement, Chicago Arts Club, Harold Washington Library Auditorium, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Northwestern University
Indiana Ball State University, Indiana University
Iowa The Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts, University of Iowa
Kansas Kansas State University
Maine Ogunquit Museum of American Art
Maryland Frostburg State University,The Peabody Preparatory of The Johns Hopkins University
Michigan Eastern University of Michigan, Oakland University, Varner Recital Hall
Ohio Capital University, Case Western University, Columbus Southern Theater,Kenyon College, Oberlin College, Ohio State University, University of Akron, University of Ohio
Pennsylvania Franklin & Marshall College, Roschel Performing Arts Center
Virginia Randolph College
Tennessee Buckman Center for the Arts Buckman Center for the Arts
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Brazil Castro Alves Theater (Salvador, Bahia). Francisco Nunes Theater (Belo Horizonte). Teatro Centro Cultural (Sao Paulo). Teatro National (Brasilia). Teatro Villa Lobos (Rio de Janeiro).
Canada International Design Exchange (Toronto)
China Beijing Dance Academy. Beijing Normal University. Shenzhen Poly Theatre.
Germany Internazionale Tanzwerkstatt Dance Festival (Bonn, Bielefeld, Aachen)
Greece Dora Stratou Greek Dance Theatre (Athens). Samos City Hall Theater
Hungary Cultural Center Theater (Veszprem). 1st International Isadora Duncan Festival (Budapest). Theater of the Russian Army (Budapest)
Italy Culture de Mari (Rome, Sicily, Malta)
Korea 1st Jooksan International Arts Festival (Seoul)
Mexico International Contemporary Dance Festival (Mexico City, Toluca)
Puerto Rico International Dance Day (San Jose)
Russia Moscow Diestvo Festival. International Performing Arts Center (Moscow)
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May 27, 2022 Isadora’s 145th Birthday: A Salon Performance
September 11, 2021 Alice Austen House
September 12, 2021 Fort Tryon Park
September 26, 2021 Untermyer Gardens
September – December 2021 Long Island High School for the Arts
June 11, 2021 Global Water Dances
June 12, 2021 Spoke The Hub
May 26, 2021 Isadora’s Virtual Birthday Celebration
May 24 – June 5, 2021 Baryshnikov Art Center Residency
February – April 2021 Frank Sinatra School of the Arts Residency
September 26, 2020 Socially Distant Untermyer Performance
September 13, 2020 Socially Distant Untermyer Performance
August 15, 2020 Virtual 39th Annual Battery Dance Festival
Sept 17, 2020 The Ailey School Junior Division (New York, NY)
Oct 28, 2020 92Y (New York, NY)
Oct 17, 2020 Iona College (New Rochelle, NY)
Sept 23 – Oct 4th, 2020 Randolph College (Lynchburg, VA)
August 16, 2020 Planting Fields Foundation (Oyster Bay, NY)
August 9, 2020 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Inside/Out Performance Series (Becket, MA)
July 9, 2020 Ogunquit Museum of American Art (Ogunquit, ME)
April 13 – Sept 22, 2020 Isadora Duncan in Italy (Villa Bardini Museo Bardini, Florence)