Headlong Through Life: The Story of Isadora Duncan - Tapa dura

This work presents an unbiased picture of a colourful, talented, and extraordinary life. Ean Wood's latest biography "Headlong Through Life: The Story of Isadora Duncan" tells the story of this colourful, talented and infuriating woman whose genius inspired a generation of influential dancers and choreographers, from Michel Fokine to Sir Frederick Ashton. Drawing on numerous primary sources - letters, diaries and memoirs of her contemporaries and associates, together with her own journals - the author succeeds in imposing a narrative order on the breathless chaos of her existence. Isadora Duncan's beautiful career juxtaposes with her personal life, which was full of tragedy and lost opportunities, money, friends and lovers. Yet Isadora's guiding principle remained the pre-eminence of Art, as she declared 'nothing else matters'!

Ean Wood has spent much of his career in the film industry. After reading Mathematics at Oxford he became a writer and director of documentaries, then wrote the screenplays for two features. He then moved to the cutting rooms to become a film editor before founding a company that produced spoken word cassettes. Ean Wood is now a successful full time writer and has published four previous books including: Born to Swing: The Story of the Big Bands, George Gershwin: His Life and Music, The Josephine Baker Story and Dietrich: A Biography.