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Raymond DUNCAN

Carton d'invitation à l'exposition des tuniques par Raymond Duncan

Théâtre Raymond Duncan, Paris s.d. (1922), 12,5x12,5cm, une feuille.

Rare invitation card to attend the exhibition of tunics created by Raymond Duncan, in the theater-gallery he founded at 34, rue du Colisée, from April 25 to June 1, 1922.
Beautiful and rare copy.
Raymond Duncan was fascinated by ancient Greece since his childhood: the aesthetics and fashion of
The life he promoted at the Akademia was marked by this influence.
The press of the time glossed over the clothes worn
by Raymond Duncan and his disciples: "Greek-style" tunics
that he / she was making himself. Behind the supposed ridicule of
this accoutrement, these unisex tunics was a way of abolishing the
differences in gender and class. Raymond Duncan would have
adopted this dress after his coachman was denied access to a
beach because of his livery that betrayed his social status.
The life of the Akademia was organized around many activities: dance,
music, weaving, gymnastics, crafts, spinning, Orphic singing, language and
Greek philosophy. These courses included students from outside - who
paid according to their possibilities - and members of the living community
between its walls for a few days, a few months or a few years.
Housed and fed - according to the vegetarian diet promoted by Duncan - these
last, in return, participated in the community's economy
making sandals, spinning wool, weaving tunics on
primitive crafts. These artifacts were then sold - at high prices
- in the Akademia shop located rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.