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Modern Dance

Modern dance is comprised of highly individualized movements based upon personalized, ever changing artistic standards.  The innate nature of modern dance provides for constant redefinition of the field by practicing artists/dancers.

In the past, “modern dance” represented the viewpoints and movement concepts of each of several dancers or choreographers.  As the horizons of the dance artists have widened, the various movement forms have become more alike.  In the past, it was easy to recognize ballet by it’s codified positions and movements.  This is no longer true.  Today many “ballet” choreographers utilize the movement concepts of the modern dancer, and many of the body placements and exercises of the ballet dancers are now used in the “modern” techniques.  Many choreographers now include in their work not only the elusive modern dance techniques but also the principles of jazz, ballet, and ethnic dance. 

If the term modern dance were to be defined for today, it should be broad enough to include all of the diverse approaches existing now and likely to exist in the future.

Modern Dance Lineage CHART Assignment

Download & fill in the blanks.  Hand in a hard copy to me in class on due date or up load here to submit. 

Modern Dance Major Figure Lineage Assignment

Fill out the chart that I will hand out in class showing the lineage (Who taught whom?) of these influential Modern Dance artists.  On a separate sheet of paper list the names below, dates of birth and death and a brief description of how they contributed to the art form.  Only typed papers will be accepted and submit them online. *These dancers are not on the chart but list the information for them.

Isadora Duncan                                                                        Alwin Nikolais

Helen Tamiris                                                                          *Bill T. Jones

Ted Shawn                                                                               Emile Dalcroze

Kurt Jooss                                                                                *Mark Morris             

Rudolf von Laban                                                                    Erick Hawkins

Alvin Ailey                                                                                 *Moses Pendleton

Martha Graham                                                                         *Trisha Brown

Lester Horton                                                                           *Meredith Monk

Charles Weidman                                                                     Doris Humphrey

Jose Limon                                                                              Pina Bausch

Mary Wigman                                                                          Hanya Holm

Merce Cunningham                                                                 Bella Lewitzky

Judith Jamison                                                                         Paul Taylor

Twyla Tharp                                                                            Ruth St. Denis