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- Originated in the 15th century
- Beginnings of Ballet can be credited to King Luis XIV of France
- Ballets Russes, created by Diaghilev, was the most influential Ballet company in the 20th century
- George Balanchine, the father of American Ballet, founded New York City Ballet
- One of their famous works include the Nutcracker
Example: Chloé Lopes Gomes, a French performer, was "asked to wear white make up so she would 'blend in' with the other dancers."
"Apollo was the first neoclassical ballet choreographed by George Balanchine which was about Apollo, the greek god of music".
- Movements were more flexible and looser.
- Mixed with modern dance techniques
- Developed in the 20th century
- Started as a rebellion against the rigidity of ballet
- Modern dance has more freedom to it and flow
- Tries to focus on the dancer own interpretations rather than the structured steps of the dance
- Isadora Duncan
- Ruth Dennis and Ted Shawn
- Martha Graham
- Dorris Humphry
- Jose Limon
- Became popular in the 1960's
- "All movement was dance expression and any person was a dancer regardless of training"
- Movement between time and space
- Chance dance: created by Merce Cunningham, had selected and refined movements but randomly structured
Alwin Nicholais
Trisha Brown
Paul Taylor
- Developed in the mid 20th century
- Combines different genres including:
- Uses fluid dance movements and gravity
- Aims to connect the mind and the body
- First seen in the 1970s in the South Bronx of New York City
- Predominantly used by African Americans when it first originated
- Street dance, according to Jon Boogz, is a strategy that many use to cope with the misery of their surroundings
- Camille Brown says that we dance together "to say 'we speak a common language. We exist and we are free'".
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodern_dance
- https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-55339078
- https://artsintegration.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Modern.pdf
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrkUxglHvzA
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alwin-Nikolais
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpCBMwAweDI&t=28s
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13fPhE5p4jk