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The dancer, the singer, the cellist ... and a moment of creative magic

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    Isadora Duncan --
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    (Music) --
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    crazy, long-legged woman
    from San Francisco,
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    got tired of this country,
    and she wanted to get out.
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    Isadora was famous
    somewhere around 1908
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    for putting up a blue curtain,
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    and she would stand
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    with her hands over her solar plexus
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    and she would wait,
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    and she would wait,
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    and then, she would move.
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    (Music)
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    Josh and I and Somi call this piece
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    "The Red Circle and the Blue Curtain."
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    Red circle.
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    Blue curtain.
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    But,
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    this is not the beginning
    of the 20th century.
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    This is a morning in Vancouver
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    in 2015.
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    (Music)
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    (Singing)
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    Come on, Josh!
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    (Music)
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    (Singing)
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    Go!
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    Are we there yet?
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    I don't think so.
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    Hey, yeah!
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    (Music)
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    What time is it?
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    (Music)
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    Where are we?
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    Josh.
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    Somi.
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    Bill T.
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    Josh.
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    Somi.
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    Bill T.
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    (Applause)
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    Yeah, yeah!
Title:
The dancer, the singer, the cellist ... and a moment of creative magic
Speaker:
Bill T. Jones
Description:
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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
06:26

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