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This dancer’s work inspired a collaborative ballet by Maurice Bejárt and Rodion Schchedrin created for Schchedrin’s partner Maya Plisetskaya. Anabelle Gamson’s revival performances of works by this dancer were based on her studies with this dancer’s student Julia Levien. A dance by this choreographer that incorporated rose petals inspired Frederick Ashton’s Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of [this person]. This dancer theorized that the (*) solar plexus was the source of all movement as part of her technique (-5[1])to emulate natural and flowing movement. Six students of this dancer were adopted as her “artistic daughters” and took this dancer’s last name. This dancer’s admiration of the ancient Greeks led her to frequently dance in a tunic and barefoot. (10[1])For 10 points, name this American dancer who died after her scarf was caught in a car’s wheel. ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Isadora Duncan [or Angela Isadora Duncan]
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