In the autumn of 1927, the famous dancer Isadora Duncan died in Nice. She promoted free dance based on the plasticity and movements of ancient Greek dance.
Isadora danced barefoot in a Greek chiton. She was nicknamed the "queen of dance" and "divine bare feet". Her performances were not just artistic, they said that they were saturated with eroticism. Someone resented it.
Isadora's personal life was tragic. Her son and daughter were killed in a car accident, and a third child died after birth.
She often toured in Russia, and already in the Soviet country she created a dance school for girls. There, Duncan became the muse and wife of the famous poet Sergei Yesenin, who was 18 years younger than her.
On September 14, 1927, she was driving along the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, her scarlet silk scarf got into the rear wheel of the car and tightened around her neck.
Image: Arnold Genthe Aubervillliers