My Husband Sergei Yesenin
13 hrs. 0 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Isadora Duncan
Author
Isadora Duncan
Narrator
Galina Chiginskaya
Narrator
Galina Chiginskaya
Description
“Aïsédora strokes the poet’s linen curls and gently says one of the few Russian words she knows: ‘Angel.’” Then, looking him straight in the eyes, she adds: “Damn it!”
The passionate, vivid, and brief marriage of American dancer Isadora Duncan and Russian poet Sergei Yesenin still raises a lot of questions. Why did two such different people feel drawn to each other? How did this fateful love affect the great poet’s work—and his tragic death?
We invite the listener to step into the memories of one of the bravest and most talented women of the past century—the great dancer, the founder of free dance—whose happiness, barely appearing, would immediately slip away.
“Women or men who will write the truth about their lives will create the greatest work.”
“I reached that crazy state when I could no longer live either with him or without him.”
“Together with coffee, newspaper reviews were served each morning, from which I learned that I was beautiful like a goddess and a genius; still not having stopped smiling joyfully, I took another sheet and learned that I was talentless, poorly put together, and a real little viper.”
“Love and art never coexist; they always wage war.”
“Things must come apart if we don’t want to end in madness—because our love, with its psychosis, will drive us to death or to a home for the insane.”
Isadora Duncan
The passionate, vivid, and brief marriage of American dancer Isadora Duncan and Russian poet Sergei Yesenin still raises a lot of questions. Why did two such different people feel drawn to each other? How did this fateful love affect the great poet’s work—and his tragic death?
We invite the listener to step into the memories of one of the bravest and most talented women of the past century—the great dancer, the founder of free dance—whose happiness, barely appearing, would immediately slip away.
“Women or men who will write the truth about their lives will create the greatest work.”
“I reached that crazy state when I could no longer live either with him or without him.”
“Together with coffee, newspaper reviews were served each morning, from which I learned that I was beautiful like a goddess and a genius; still not having stopped smiling joyfully, I took another sheet and learned that I was talentless, poorly put together, and a real little viper.”
“Love and art never coexist; they always wage war.”
“Things must come apart if we don’t want to end in madness—because our love, with its psychosis, will drive us to death or to a home for the insane.”
Isadora Duncan
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