1. By: Teagan Reese
Sam Wallman
Amber Woods

2.  15th century
 France and Italy
 Modern dance broke away from
the classical companies
 Characteristics:
 Storyline is a fairytale or
fable
 Elaborate costumes
 Pantomime to show the
plot
 Modern dancers wanted to
feel more expression in the
upper body, have a better
connection with movement,
and be able to have a more
fluid approach.

3.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=83jQOQBG3vw

4.  Originated in the early 20th century
 Pioneered a new freer movement style.
 Favoring bare feet v. pointe shoes.
 Early subject matter was often political or
psychological.
 Many drew from archaic or exotic sources.
 Rejected structural formality and
sometimes thematic frivolity.

5.  Was Born 1877 in San Francisco
 Was interested in Greek styles of dance
 Emancipated woman ahead of her time
 Given a school by the government of Russia
 Danced to the rhythm of life, this was
Isadoras dance technique.
 Had a traumatic life which influenced the
rest of her dance.

10.  Started with ballet, skirt dancing and the
Delsarte technique
 Characteristics of her new style:
 Exotic
 Theatrical
 Spiritual based

12.  Inspired by the Egyptian Deities Cigarette
poster
 Put more religious and spiritual feelings into
classical dance
 Took movements from Egypt and Asia
 Radha (1906)
 East Indian Nautch Dance (1932)

13. Cigarette Poster:
 Powerful Stance
 Was captured by the
colorful plants and
exotic wildlife
 Sitting at the foot of
the Nile

15.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=j8XvHX1FKsY

16.  Was an Influential American dancer, teacher,
and choreographer of modern dance
 Ballets and other works were intended to
“reveal the inner man.”
 Became acquainted with oriental art
 Enchanted by the religious mysticism of Ruth
St. Denis.
 Performed an Aztec Ballet (Xochitl)

19. Martha Graham Appalachian Spring
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=XmgaKGSxQVw&feature=youtube_gdata_p
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21.  In 1953, Merce
Cunningham Dance
Company was formed.
 Was a lifetime partner
with John Cage.
 Fused Grahm’s
technique with ballet.

22.  He and Cage created
many radical
innovations.
 Decided that dance and
music should be
independent from one
another.
 Most famous and
controversial
conclusion they had
proposed.

23.  Stripped dance of it’s literary and narrative
context.
 Isolated it from it’s musical accompaniment
 By the end of the 20th century, the barriers
between ballet and modern dance were less
pronounced.

24.  Influenced by the idea of chance.
 Located the source of movement in the spine.
 Bare-footed
 Embraced the natural movements
of running, jumping and falling.
 Unlikeballet, used noise like breathing or foot
scuffles.

25.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ra2T_iMXQVM

26.  Her parents ran a drive-
in movie theater.
 She was exposed to
popular culture.
 Later incorporated this
into her dances.
 Founded Twyla Tharp
dance.
 Combined ballet
technique with natural
movements like
running, walking and
skipping.

27.  Wanted to evolve a
technique that they felt they
owned.
 Reverted back to simple
movements, that they
felt belonged to
everybody.
 Created “Deuce Coupe”
which used both modern &
ballet techniques.
 This combination was
sometimes called the
“cross-over” ballet.

28.  Worked less with contemporary music and more
with classical, pop, clicking monotones or silence.
 Audiences loved her physical daring and
jazz roots.
 Caught viewers attention with her 1971 piece,
The Fugue.
 “no costumes, no music, no lights…”
 Twelve years later she returned to the
simplicity of The Fugue with In The Upper
Room.

29.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=a3jPlB2RjBA

30.  Contemporary (Lyrical):
 Fusion of Modern, Ballet, and Jazz
 Conveys emotion of the songs lyrics through body
movements
 Story throughout the song evolves
 Modern Dance now:
 Has blended with other forms of dance
 Less strictly Modern dancers
 Companies have molded it into their performance
art

31.  Modern dance influenced today's ballet
companies
 Contemporary ballet:
 George Balanchine- founder of the
contemporary ballet
 Less classical tutus, flowing costumes, story
less ballets, prominent role of the corps de
ballet, developing prominence of the male
dancer
 Ballet dancers wanted more expression, focus
to be put on their movements, but were less
radical than the modern dancers

32.  Martha Graham Dance Company
 Isadora Duncan Dance Company
 Twyla Tharp Dance
 Merce Cunningham Dance Company
 Alvin Ailey
 Complexions Contemporary Ballet
 Hubbard Street

33. Martha Graham Appalachian Spring
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=XmgaKGSxQVw&feature=youtube_gdata_p
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