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Eva Palmer-Sikelianos
Evelina "Eva" Palmer-Sikelianos ((ギリシア語:Εύα Πάλμερ-Σικελιανού); January 9, 1874 – June 4, 1952) was an American woman notable for her study and promotion of Classical Greek culture, weaving, theater, choral dance and music. Palmer's life and artistic endeavors intersected with numerous noteworthy artists throughout her life. She was both inspired by or inspired the likes of dancers Isadora Duncan and Ted Shawn, the French literary great Colette, the poet and author Natalie Barney and the actress Sarah Bernhardt. She would go on to marry Angelos Sikelianos, a Greek poet and playwright. Together they organized a revival of the Delphic Festival in Delphi, Greece. Embodied in these festivals of art, music and theater she hoped to promote a balanced sense of enlightenment that would further the goals of peace and harmony in Greece and beyond.
==Early life==
Palmer was born on January 9, 1874 at Gramercy Park in New York City. She was one of five children in a family of eclectic intellectuals and gifted artists. The family she was born into was one that promoted liberal thought, unconventional education and exploration of music, theater and literature. Her earliest memories were of her father's Nineteenth Century Club, whose early meetings were held at the Palmer home.〔Palmer-Sikelianos, pp. 5-11.〕〔Rodriquez, p. 56.〕 The Nineteenth Century Club brought together people of disparate political ideologies, atheists and religious luminaries. Her father facilitated thoughtful and amiable discussions of politics, religion and morality. These discussions were witnessed by a young Palmer and she would write later they would lay the seeds of her own thoughts as a young woman and adult. Courtlandt Palmer Sr. died in the summer of 1888 of appendicitis.〔Palmer-Sikelianos, p. 9.〕 Palmer's mother would later remarry, to a man named Robert Abbe.〔Palmer-Sikelianos, p. 29.〕 It was during the family's summer vacations at Bar Harbor in Maine she became acquainted with Natalie Barney. The two shared an interest in poetry, literature and horseback riding. Barney likened Palmer to a medieval virgin, an homage to her ankle-length red hair and fair countenance. The two would become young lovers〔Rodriquez, pp. 56-58.〕 and later be neighbors in Paris.
Palmer's siblings were also formative in her life, in particular her brother Courtlandt Palmer Jr. Her brother was a musical prodigy and could at a young age play at the piano most all of the works of renown composers.〔Palmer-Sikelianos, pp. 13-17.〕 As music was integral to their mother's life, all of the Palmer siblings were either exposed to or encouraged to pursue musical endeavors. She herself would go on to study independently, music theory and Greek choral arrangements.
Palmer was enrolled in various boarding schools and day schools sporadically and for brief periods of time. Her father established a short-lived experimental school called the Van Taube School. She herself was not enrolled but recalls its open format that encouraged creative minds to explore without a rigid curriculum. After coming of age Palmer would attend Bryn Mawr College. While at Bryn Mawr she studied literature and the theater arts.〔Palmer-Sikelianos, pp. 19-27.〕 She left the school before completing a degree, choosing rather to join her brother Palmer Jr. in Rome for a year and to study independently.〔Palmer-Sikelianos,p. 27.〕
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