Isadora's Children

Following the death of her two children, Isadora Duncan created the solo Mother in which a mother cradles her child in a moment of extreme tenderness, then lets it go. A century later, four women encounter this heart-rending dance.

Cast

Agathe Bonitzer

Manon Carpentier

Marika Rizzi

Elsa Wolliaston

Julien Dieudonné

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