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| Date of birth | 1871 | ||||
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| Date of death | 1957 | ||||
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Also known as Annea Spong
English: condensed from the above link
Anna Eliza Spong (1870-1957) was born in Streatham in London. She was a suffragette, embroiderer and portrait artist who painted several Lord Mayors of London in her career. Annie took up dancing under the direction of Raymond Duncan, whose sister Isadora was more well known for modern expressive dance. She opened the Spong School in Hampstead in 1919, where Spong Rhythmic Dancing was taught and which in 1920 became known as Natural Movement Dancing. With her sister, the singer Irene Spong, she performed in the Greek drama Lysistrata at the Royal Court Theatre.
Anna Eliza Spong (1870-1957) was born in Streatham in London. She was a suffragette, embroiderer and portrait artist who painted several Lord Mayors of London in her career. Annie took up dancing under the direction of Raymond Duncan, whose sister Isadora was more well known for modern expressive dance. She opened the Spong School in Hampstead in 1919, where Spong Rhythmic Dancing was taught and which in 1920 became known as Natural Movement Dancing. With her sister, the singer Irene Spong, she performed in the Greek drama Lysistrata at the Royal Court Theatre.
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