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100 Years (Or So) Ago in Dance: La Marseillaise by Arlene Yu

Isadora Duncan dancing La Marseillaise, 1917. Photo by Arnold Genthe. Image ID: isadora_0060va It's April 9 in Paris in the spring of 1916. The Battle of Verdun, one of the largest battles of World War I between the German and French armies and one of the longest running battles ever, has been raging less than 150 miles away since February 21.  Picture, if you will, the above photograph in color: the tunic…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 09:08PM on March 28, 2016

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