margaret morris
margaret morris was a british dancer, choreographer and teacher. she was the first proponent of the isadora duncan technique in great britain. she founded the margaret morris movement, celtic ballet, and two scottish national ballets in glasgow (1947) and in pitlochry (1960). morris devised a system of movement notation, which was first published in 1928.although morris was born in london, she lived with her parents until the age of five in france. she had no formal academic education, but went to dancing classes. in 1894 she began reciting professionally in french and later in english, at pa…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of margaret morris's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
