Our narrow hearts...

Our narrow hearts is a short dance film (currently in post production) expressing an arduous journey through the disorientation of falling, catching, and sliding within a shifting group architecture. The tactile encounters with the earth (rain, mud, rocks, and trees) heighten the sense of the fragility of the individuals, contrasted with the relentless, determined, and weighted force of the group. This film is created as part of the acknowledgement of the 150th anniversary of Isadora Duncan's birth (2027) and is based on her 1921 work which is an embodiment of migration as a group of people move through textures of uncertainty amid unspecified danger. 
Choreography - Catherine Gallant (adapted from Isadora Duncan's 1921 work)
Camera and Editing - Erica Lessner
Dance artists: Marie Carstens, Abra Cohen, Anne Parichon-Buoncore, Faith Kimberling, Jasmine Oton,
Amelia Sanders, Hannah Schayes
shot on location -Putnam County, NY

Reeling: Silk and Sensibility

Created by Erica Lessner and Catherine Gallant Camera, Edit, and Design: Erica Lessner Concept: Catherine Gallant ©2026 Dances by Isadora.  Silk scarves and tunics fly, float and fall in this short take on the iconic costumes of Isadora Duncan.

Rose Petals 2020

Dances by Isadora celebrates Isadora Duncan's birthday! (b. May 27, 1877) Over the last 37 years (1989-2026) we have gathered in Central Park at the Bethesda Fountain to mark Duncan's birthday by dancing and sharing the legacy together. 2020 found us sheltering
​ in place where dancers created their own Rose Petals video in their living rooms, kitchens, gardens, backyards and parks. Dances by Isadora..........keeping the legacy alive and relevant since 1989. www.dancesbyisadora.com

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