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If I could tell you what it meant, there would be no point in dancing it

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Isadora Duncan
Age: 49 †
Born: 1878
Born: May 27
Died: 1927
Died: September 14
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The Foolish Virgin
Aĭsedora Dunkan
Izadora Dënkan
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Angela Duncan
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