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A Timeline of Dance from 1980-2000

Specifically Focused on Ballet, Jazz and Modern Dance Styles

1986-1990 Dance

1990-2000 Dance

Modern

  • 1991 - Martha Graham dies

Ballet

  • 1992 - Kevin McKenzie takes over ABT (restores to financial health)
  • 1995 - Matthew Bourne choreographs an all male Swan Lake
  • 1992 - Maurice Bejart loses government funding

Jazz

  • 1996 - The Macarena becomes popular

Ballet

  • 1986 - Lucinda Childs Portraits in Reflection
  • 1987 - The PA and Milwaukee ballets join together to promote financial stability
  • 1988 - NY Telephone Company provided funds to assist the NYC Ballet financially

Jazz

  • 1988 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit brings "Roger Rabbit" to social dance
  • The Running Man
  • The Boogie Dance
  • 1990 - U Can't Touch This, MC Hammer
  • 1987 - Film Dirty Dancing is produced

Modern

  • 1988 - Merce Cunningham's Eleven

1980-1985 Dance

1990-2000 Current Events

Jazz

  • 1980 - Beginning of dance battles: b-boys, breakdancing, hip hop culture and graffiti art
  • The Robot
  • 1983 - Flash Dance Nationally televised
  • 1983 - Michael Jackson "The King of Pop" introduces the moonwalk and premieres his hit song, Thriller

Modern

  • Twyla Tharp and Alonzo King (USA)
  • 1984 - Alwin Nikolais Crucible

Ballet

  • 1980 - ABT stages La Bayadere
  • 1983- George Balanchine dies

1986-1990 Current Events

Technological Advancements

  • 1993 - Growth of the Internet

Social/Cultural Events

  • 1995 - O.J. Simpson trial
  • 1997 - Princess Diana is killed in a car accident
  • 1999 - Columbine High School massacre
  • Increased diversity in dance overall
  • Collapse of communism shifts rules for the arts

1980-1985 Current Events

Technological Advancements

  • 1990 - Hubble Space Telescope launched
  • DNA first used to convict criminals and exonerate innocent prisoners on death row

Social/Cultural Events

  • CDs outsell vinyl records and tapes
  • 1989 Cold War ends

Notable Choreographers and Dancers

Sources

Technological Advancements

  • 1981 - First U.S. IVF baby is born
  • 1984 - Steve Jobs introduces first Macintosh computer

Social/Cultural Events

  • 1981 - MTV signs and becomes popular
  • 1981 - Start of the AIDS Epidemic

Modern

  • Martha Graham 1895-1991

Ballet

  • George Balanchine 1904-1983

Jazz

  • Jerome Robbins 1918-1998

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