For you to be guided.

1. History of Contemporary
Dance
Miss Melody Kristy N. Basmayor, LPT

2. Martha Graham (1894-1991)
introduced and popularized
contemporary dance.

3. During her seven-decade career,
Graham’s modern dance and
choreography became famous.

4. Her achievements can stand side
by side with the work of legendary
artists and musicians such as
Picasso, Stravinsky, and Wright.

5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVKGN9xZXHc

6. Guide Questions:
1.Who is the revolutionary artist presented
in the vide?
2.What are they wearing when they dance?
3.How did she describe/define dance?

7. Merce Cunningham (1919-2009)
meanwhile, refined the work of
his colleague Graham.

8. He expanded the modern dance
with his own improvisations and
choreography.

9. During his career, he was regarded as
one of the greatest creative forces in
American dance.

10. He developed his unique
choreography process until he
established his very own company,
the Merce Cunningham Dance
Company in 1953

11. Cunningham, who started as a
student of Graham, no longer relies
on linear elements like Graham did.

12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WtnI32uvM4

13. Guide Question:
1. How will you differentiate Graham
and Cunningham’s techniques in
Contemporary Dance?

14. Thank you 