Maria-Theresa Duncan

Maria-Theresa Duncan (1895–1987) was a concert dancer. She is best known as a member of the Isadorables and as a subject for Edward Steichen.

Biography Duncan was born on April 18, 1895, in Dresden, Germany. In 1904 Maria-Theresa Duncan was discovered by Isadora Duncan. Her parents were persuaded to let their daughter move to Grünewald where she lived at a boarding school and studied dance with Isadora Duncan. Maria-Theresa Duncan studied dance under the direction of Isadora from 1905 though 1921.

Duncan continued dancing through the 1920s and 1930s. She performed at Carnegie Hall, as well as a command performance at the White House for Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. She founded a dance company named the Heliconiades and opened a dance academy. and Wind Fire.

Duncan taught and danced throughout the 1950s when she performed the Festival Cycle. In the 1960s she performed Farewell to the Dance.