A century after World War I reshaped lives and arts alike, a new dance-theater premiere in Woodstock shines a light on an overlooked chapter of American Modernism that unfolded in the Hudson Valley.

At 7 p.m. Sept. 6, Jeanne Bresciani & The Isadora Duncan International Institute Dancers will debut "Isadora Duncan in the Theater of Love and War" at the Woodstock Playhouse, inviting audiences to rediscover the pioneering modern dancer’s time in the region and the legacy it inspired.

The production centers on the period when Isadora Duncan — revered as a mother of modern dance — sought refuge in the Hudson Valley during the turmoil of World War I.

Drawn to the area’s landscape of rivers, ridges, and utopian experiments, Duncan and her adopted daughters, known as the Isadorables, continue

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