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Modern History Timeline

Anna Sokolow

  • Studied under Graham
  • Political in nature and style
  • Developed a school in Mexico City

Hanya Holm

Sybil Shearer

Charles Weidman

  • Studied dance later in her life
  • Came to America and adapted European modern dance to line up with American ideals
  • Similar to pure dance, focusing on horizontals and verticals
  • Product of Humphrey Weidman
  • Mixed the sacred and the secular in her dances
  • From Lincoln Nebraska
  • Did a lot of mime and character work
  • Co-founded the Humphrey Weidman Co.

1940s and On

Eleanor King

  • Modern dance transitions from experimental to a respected dance form
  • An emphasis on technical skills
  • Move from art to technology:
  • Natural daily movements
  • Kinetic gravity
  • Dances choreographed by chance (rolling dice)
  • Audiences want art and technology

Jose Limon

  • Product of the Humphrey Weidman
  • Choreography was based on literature

Isadora Duncan

  • Product of Humphrey Weidman
  • Mexican Heritage influence

Pearl Lang

  • Not initially popular in America
  • Influenced by America
  • Not particularly innovative or technically skilled
  • First to dance without shoes
  • She was a feminist
  • Studied under Graham and took over some of her solos later in Graham's life
  • Established the Pearl Lang Dance Theatre
  • Kept a similar style to Graham but explored more areas of content

Turn of the Century to 1900

Ruth St. Denis

  • Dance was for entertainment purposes only until...
  • A new generation of dancers explored the relationship between body and soul
  • As well as capturing the essence of the American experience.
  • Loved to make a spectacle with dance
  • Background in musical theatre and vaudeville
  • Known for her work Radha, a dance inspired by Indian Spirituality

Loie Fuller

Ted Shawn

Doris Humphrey

  • Not a trained dancer
  • Had natural talent
  • Electrical lights were a new technology that she played with to use color to create a new dance experience.
  • Started dancing as a form of physical therapy after an illness
  • Partnered with and eventually married St. Denis
  • Together they opened a dance school together called Denishawn
  • Later went on to open an all male dance company

Martha Graham

Erick Hawkins

  • Fit the mold of dancers at Denishawn
  • Choreographer and teacher
  • Dances without music
  • Shows breath, movement, fall and recovery
  • Ballet background
  • 1st man to join Graham's company
  • Married Martha Graham for 2 years
  • Gave men prominence in modern dance
  • Started dancing at Denishawn
  • Succeeded not through talent, but through hard work
  • Discovered a new breathing technique including contractions and releases that fed into her dance style
  • Established the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance in NYC

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