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:
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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