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HISTORY OF
MODERN DANCE
CHARACTERISTICS OF
        MODERN DANCE

 Movement driven by emotion

 Low center of gravity

 Dancers embrace the ground
LINEAGE
EXPRESSIONIST DANCE

 “Ausdrucktanz”

 Europe, late 1800’s - early 1900’s

 Movement as expression
FRANÇOIS DELSARTE

 Musician and teacher
 Developed “Delsarte” acting style
   • Focus on human interaction,
     gesture as expression
   • Known worldwide by 1890’s
 Inspired dancers:
    • Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis,
      Ted Shawn
EMILE JAQUES -DALCROZE

 Musician, composer

 Developed eurythmics

 Founded school in 1910
    • Taught the Dalcroze Method
RUDOLF VAN LABAN

 Dance artist, theorist

 Created Labanotation

 Established schools throughout Europe
MARY WIGMAN

   Student of Dalcroze and Laban

   Challenged tradition

   Dark pieces

   Expansion and contraction

   The Witch:
  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/
  Mary_Wigman_Witch_Dance.ogv
FREE DANCE

 America, late 1890’s – early 1900’s

 Spread to Hungary, Russia, Eastern Europe

 Rebellion against ballet
LOIE FULLER

 Child actress, burlesque dancer

 Developed her own natural
movement and improvisation

 The first modern dancer

 Innovative lighting
and costume design
ISADORA DUNCAN

    Created her own philosophy of dance
       • Natural movement as connection
         between emotion and movement
    Greek and Freedom influences

    Performed to mix reviews
RUTH ST. DENIS
 & TED SHAWN
     Ruth- studied Delsarte’s method
     Eastern influences
     Opened Denishawn School
       • Taught Martha Grhama,
         Doris Humphrey, Charles
         Wiedman
     Established Jacob’s Pillow
MODERN DANCE

 1923: Graham leaves Denishawn to work as a solo artist

 1928: Humphrey and Weidman set up their own school

 1933: Shawn founds all male dance group
MARTHA GRAHAM

      “Picasso” of dance

      Student of Denishawn

      The Martha Graham Center of
     Contemporary Dance

      Contraction and release

      Long career
DORIS HUMPHREY
      & CHARLES WIEDMAN

 Students of Denishawn

 Humphrey-Weidman Company

 “Fall and recovery”

 Unique American style
MERCE CUNNINGHAM

 Student of Martha Graham

 Merce Cunningham Dance Company
    • Used Yì Jīng to choreograph
    • Non-representative dance

Legacy Plan
ALVIN AILEY

 African American Modern Dance

 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

 “A ballet bottom,” and a “modern top”
REACTION

 1927: Newspapers begin regularly assigning dance critics

 Universities and colleges accepted modern dance

 Audiences often felt confused, but mesmerized
INFLUENCE

 Post-modern dance

 Contemporary

 Improvisation, Contact
Improvisation

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History of Modern Dance

  • 2. CHARACTERISTICS OF MODERN DANCE  Movement driven by emotion  Low center of gravity  Dancers embrace the ground
  • 4. EXPRESSIONIST DANCE  “Ausdrucktanz”  Europe, late 1800’s - early 1900’s  Movement as expression
  • 5. FRANÇOIS DELSARTE  Musician and teacher  Developed “Delsarte” acting style • Focus on human interaction, gesture as expression • Known worldwide by 1890’s  Inspired dancers: • Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn
  • 6. EMILE JAQUES -DALCROZE  Musician, composer  Developed eurythmics  Founded school in 1910 • Taught the Dalcroze Method
  • 7. RUDOLF VAN LABAN  Dance artist, theorist  Created Labanotation  Established schools throughout Europe
  • 8. MARY WIGMAN  Student of Dalcroze and Laban  Challenged tradition  Dark pieces  Expansion and contraction  The Witch: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/ Mary_Wigman_Witch_Dance.ogv
  • 9. FREE DANCE  America, late 1890’s – early 1900’s  Spread to Hungary, Russia, Eastern Europe  Rebellion against ballet
  • 10. LOIE FULLER  Child actress, burlesque dancer  Developed her own natural movement and improvisation  The first modern dancer  Innovative lighting and costume design
  • 11. ISADORA DUNCAN  Created her own philosophy of dance • Natural movement as connection between emotion and movement  Greek and Freedom influences  Performed to mix reviews
  • 12. RUTH ST. DENIS & TED SHAWN  Ruth- studied Delsarte’s method  Eastern influences  Opened Denishawn School • Taught Martha Grhama, Doris Humphrey, Charles Wiedman  Established Jacob’s Pillow
  • 13. MODERN DANCE  1923: Graham leaves Denishawn to work as a solo artist  1928: Humphrey and Weidman set up their own school  1933: Shawn founds all male dance group
  • 14. MARTHA GRAHAM  “Picasso” of dance  Student of Denishawn  The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance  Contraction and release  Long career
  • 15. DORIS HUMPHREY & CHARLES WIEDMAN  Students of Denishawn  Humphrey-Weidman Company  “Fall and recovery”  Unique American style
  • 16. MERCE CUNNINGHAM  Student of Martha Graham  Merce Cunningham Dance Company • Used Yì Jīng to choreograph • Non-representative dance Legacy Plan
  • 17. ALVIN AILEY  African American Modern Dance  Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater  “A ballet bottom,” and a “modern top”
  • 18. REACTION  1927: Newspapers begin regularly assigning dance critics  Universities and colleges accepted modern dance  Audiences often felt confused, but mesmerized
  • 19. INFLUENCE  Post-modern dance  Contemporary  Improvisation, Contact Improvisation