Talk:Raymond Duncan (dancer)

Encounter
This segment, added by User 66.108.73.6, moved from article page to talk page, as not appropriate for article. --Bookgrrl holler/ lookee here 02:57, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

In the late 1950's I visited Paris-and met Raymond Duncan who was living in a large house in the Rue De Seine. He threw musical parties and I was invited to a few of them. He had a wife at that time and her name was AIA -- she too wore the ancient Greek costume.This was at the time when France was undergoing problems with Algeria--and bombs were being left all over Paris. The house next to Raymond's was totally destroyed y a bomb. I just thought this might be an interesting footnote to the story.

Rewrite Needed
This article appears to be word-for-word identical with the biography posted at the Museum of Learning Web site (http://www.museumstuff.com/learn/topics/Raymond_Duncan::sub::Biography) -- no accusations, of course -- it's not clear, at least to me, which came first -- but the high-road option would be a rewrite, not only because there is an identical account elsewhere, but because a lot of information is absent. For example, there is no mention at all (in either biography) of Duncan's second wife (referenced by the previous discussion contributor). Her name was Aïa Bertrand, and she was a Latvian whom Duncan met in Paris, and with whom he had a second child, a daughter, Ligoa. Duncan was an eccentric genius who should be better remembered, and who deserves a much more substantial WP article than the present one.

I'll put it on my long list of WP projects, but I'm hoping somebody who already has the necessary reference material at hand will beat me to it. Cheers, DoctorJoeE (talk) 17:30, 8 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Apparently the Museum of Learning copied the finding aid that I wrote. Which is fine, I don't care :) Bookgrrl holler/ lookee here  00:13, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

Contested deletion
This page should not be speedy deleted as an unambiguous copyright infringement, because I wrote the original from which it's copied. Bookgrrl holler/ lookee here 00:14, 23 August 2022 (UTC)