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Isadora Duncan International Institute (IDII)

IDII is a 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization founded in 1977 by dancer Maria-Theresa Duncan

Duncan’s art, philosophy and pedagogy thrive in the vast body of technique, choreography and expressive arts active within The Isadora Duncan International Institute. The organization stands rooted as a living model of eternal ideals in present time. The miracle of stillness, silence and repose—modes rediscovered in the West by Duncan as a treasury for embodiment—serve the dancer to walk, run, skip, leap, rise, fall, rest and spin in her footsteps. From the bastion of the IDII’s choreographic holdings, 200 strong, descending in direct lineage from Maria-Theresa Duncan and from Anna, Irma and Elizabeth Duncan via Hortense Kooluris, Julia Levien and Anita Zahn, it is the IDII’s particular mission to have traversed stage, shoreline, mountain top, altar, classroom, sacred grove, temple steps and the far-reaching dimensions of our own and others’ transformative potential in accord with Duncan’s poetics of movement and sense of the beautiful.

09/16/2026

🌀Join us in Washington, D.C. for A Feminine Odyssey: The Body and the Land.

Led by Jeanne Bresciani, Ph.D., with Word Dance Theater, this immersive two-day journey follows the dances and philosophy of Isadora Duncan through body, landscape, memory, and divine connection.

🌿 Open to movers of all levels and abilities.
📍Washington, D.C. 📅 October 9–10, 2026

Space is limited—reserve your place now at the link in bio.

09/10/2026

Join us in Washington, D.C.!

08/07/2026

Final Days to Register! ☀️ Celebrate summer in the Hudson Valley through movement, beauty, and the extraordinary legacy of Isadora Duncan and Maria-Theresa Duncan.

Can’t attend in person? Join us live via Zoom from anywhere in the world and revisit all hybrid sessions on demand following the intensive.

Join Dr. Jeanne Bresciani for Maria-Theresa Duncan: Autobiography, Revelation & Transmission—a four-day certificate intensive exploring movement, philosophy, choreography, music, reconstruction, and poetic inquiry through the life and artistic legacy of the last dancing Isadorable.

📍 Tempio di Danza | High Falls, New York 📅 August 13–16, 2026 🌿 Certificate Program • Open to movers of all levels
✨ Registration closes soon. Link in bio.

07/28/2026

Celebrate summer in the Hudson Valley through movement, artistic discovery, and the extraordinary legacy of Isadora Duncan and Maria-Theresa Duncan. ☀️

Join Dr. Jeanne Bresciani for Maria-Theresa Duncan: The Autobiographical as Revelation —a four-day certificate intensive exploring movement, philosophy, choreography, reconstruction, music, and poetic inquiry through the life and artistic legacy of the last dancing Isadorable. Guided by Jeanne’s direct lineage with Maria-Theresa Duncan, participants enter the living transmission of the Duncan tradition.

📍 Tempio di Danza | High Falls, New York 💻 Live & via Zoom 📅 August 13–16, 2026 🌿 Certificate Program, Open to movers of all levels
🔗 Link in bio for registration!

05/02/2026

Tonight, the garden gates open. 🌸 Join us for Isadora at Flora’s Feast: Heaven in a Wildflower—an evening of dance in the spirit of Isadora Duncan, where nature, music, and the moving body gather in full flowering. 🎟️ LINK in BIO for Tickets! ONE NIGHT ONLY in Poughkeepsie at the historic VBI Theater
 Tickets will be available at the door from $13. Come step into the bloom.

This project is made possible with funds from the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.

04/27/2026

Saturday plans? 🌸 Experience the blooming art of Isadora Duncan’s dance 🍃 💐 🌿🌷
May 2 at 7pm in Poughkeepsie—one night only at the historic VBI Theater
 Tickets starting at $13. Reserve now—link in bio 🔗 🎟️

This project is made possible with funds from the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.

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04/20/2026

Less than 2 weeks until FULL BLOOM! 🌸 Join us May 2 at 7pm in Poughkeepsie at the historic VBI Theater

One night only—tickets from $13. Reserve your seat now before it sells out.

The Isadora Duncan International Institute premieres Isadora at Flora’s Feast: Heaven in a Wildflower—a site-responsive dance-theater work inspired by nature and the creative spirit of the Hudson Valley.

🎟️ LINK IN BIO https://tinyurl.com/399948rw 

This project is made possible with funds from the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.

Address

150 E 61ST Street, 11D
New York, NY
10065

Telephone

+12127530846

Website

http://www.idii.org/

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