Dance I Modern Dance Review

Early modern dancers and choreographers presented on the streets.

Choreography was a mix of dance, mime, and comedy:

Mexican immigrant whose choreography had strong literary themes:

The modern class begins with a cool-down exercise, and ends with a warm-up of the body and its parts.

Established the Denishawn School of Dance:

Choreographed Broadway musicals like Kiss Me, Kate and My Fair Lady:

Light, balletic style with a shade of Graham technique:

Modern dance evolved as a revolt against the "restrictions" of ballet.

Dancer, choreographer, anthropologist; blended African, European, Afro-Carribean, American styles:

Style used Horton technique, African overtones, and social jazz dance components:

Used color, fabric, movement, sound, and light:

Mother of Modern Dance, inspired by ancient Greek art:

Experimented with chance dance; "movement for movement's sake":

The creative process of modern dance uses ONLY ballet vocabulary.

Improvisation provides the starting point for creative expression.

Movement technique based on fall and recovery:

Modern dance exercises use parallel and turned-out positions of the legs and feet.

Choreographed for the Joffrey Ballet as well as American Ballet Theatre:

A champion for the role of the male dancer in modern dance:

Beginning modern dance alignment starts with good posture.

Modern dance works can be abstract.

His technique influenced West Coast jazz and increased versatility:

Movement theory based on contraction and release:

Nonlocomotor movements move the body through the space.

Movement, choreographic, and aesthetic principles are integrated into modern dance movement.