The reports and reviews covering Duncan's reception by the Berlin and Munich critics in 1906 offer some German footnotes to the events of a seemingly ordinary year during a well-known and highly praised dancer's professional life, including the growth of her reputation (owing to her former accomplishments), neglect (as she did not offer any new dances), and general publicity (as she was now considered to be a celebrity). How well Duncan was known in Berlin is exemplified by a note published in Berliner Tageblatt' in February. It was meant as a joke, but at the same time exposed a critical attitude: Fritz, a student just learning to write properly (so his letter to the newspaper is full of orthographic mistakes), reports on Miss Duncan having received the