September 2015 | Unequal Rights

Dancing women have a long history of rattling society’s cage and making people nervous. Take Isadora Duncan and Maud Allan. As the 19th century turned into the 20th, these San Francisco natives dumped their heavy dresses and lace-up shoes for gauzy tunics and bare feet in order to let their bodies move freely. As they boldly danced to Chopin or Schubert, they scandalized the mainstream and became the darlings of suffragettes, free thinkers, and artists. Later in the 20th century, choreogra