Modern Dance

Early Dance● ~Religion Based● ~Entertainment ● ~Structured

Ballet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7_RzNYE-6A

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Modern Dancers●Meredith Monk By Genna Dankis●Isadora Duncan By Gabby Donley●Martha Graham By Milan Hayes

~Born in 1942 ~Training in Dalcroze Eurhythmics, ~Crossover Artist

Meredith Monk

~Voice with dance~Simple ~Repetitive

Her Dance

Inspiration~Delcroze Eurhythmic ~Bessie Schoenberg~Ruth Lloyd~Shambhala Mediation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECBfveopzOs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsifwglS5uU

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~Childhood~Mothers Influence~Influence on Others

Isadora Duncan

~Feelings toward Ballet~Whats she thought dance should be~Early career/Small shows/Daly company~Separation from small career to popular career~Influence on others/dance schools

Isadora Duncan

~Classsical Music~Costumes/Tunics~Stage Set-Up~Nature influence

Isadora's Techniques & Styles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUvaraDf_3Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGi1WKknNk4

~Denishawn school in Los AnglesRuth St. Denis~ translationTed Shawn~First debut in New York in 1926

Martha Graham

Martha Graham● Own language of movements ● Basic human movements● Human emotions● Insght on human conditions

Martha Graham ~Focus on center of the body

~Coordination between breathing and movement

~Focus on the movement of the pelvis

Inspiration~Greek mythology, the early American frontier, Emily Dickinson poems, Joan of arc Played .~Dances had emotional and spiritual themes~Contraction and release

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr8OqS7glxk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb4-kpClZns

Modern Dance Today~Modern, Lyrical, and Contemporary~More Structured~Emotion Driven ~”Best Picture You Can Make”

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● http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdIp9fVnyp0

Modern Dance

Entertainment Today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXtS34RH-60

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWbMKa5iwOw

Quiz

~Which dancer focus on nature?~Which dancer focus on human condition and contraction and release?~Which dancer focus on combining her vocals with her dance?