Oh Woman, come before us, before our eyes longing for beauty, and tired of the ugliness of civilization, come in simple tunics, letting us see the line and harmony of the body beneath, and dance for us. Dance us the sweetness of life. Give us again the sweetness and the beauty of the true dance, give us again the joy of seeing the simple unconscious pure body of a woman. Like a great call it has come, and women must hear it and answer it.

” Her focus on natural movement emphasized steps such as skipping outside of codified ballet technique. Soon after Isadora's birth her father lost the bank and he was publicly disgraced and the family became extremely poor. Duncan also cites the sea as an early inspiration for her movement.

Angela Isadora Duncan (May 27 1877 – September 14 1927) was an American dancer. She performed to acclaim throughout Europe after being exiled from the United States for her Soviet sympathies.