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Birthday, today in 1819, of Julia Ward Howe, the lady who wrote, or actually rewrote, the lyrics to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" - the full tale on December 2
Birthday, today in 1878, of Isadora Duncan, described on one website as a "US interpretive dancer". Don't you just love that! "It's all about US", rather than "it's all about ME" (oh, have I somehow misunderstood this... but "all about ME is ego, and she isn't ego, she's ID... no? am I still misunderstanding this?). And then the description: not a ballet dancer, not a plain "dancer", but that wonderfully pseudo-pretentious "interpretive dancer", a hint of artistry and talent rather than mere choreographic obedience... or do Americans understand the term "dancer" as poles and gentlemen's clubs, and this wants to make clear that she was not of that variety?
"The Lady with the Red Scarf" is how I have always thought of her, ever since Vanessa Redgrave made me fall in love with both of them when I was about fifteen (you can see VR dressed up to play ID on Jan 30)
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