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

Awards 2012Doris Duke ArtistMusical America's 2012 Composer of the Year 2011NPR's 50 Great VoicesYoko Ono Lennon Courage Award for the Arts2010American Music Center Letter of Distinction2008Premio Arlecchino d'Oro 2008, Mantova Feslytival, Ita

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECBfveopzOs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsifwglS5uU http://www.youtube.com/watchv=HAuKB6XJndc 1 minute

~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 ~Dances had emotional and spiritual themes~Contraction and release~Focus on the movement of the pelvis

Inspiration~Greek mythology, the early American frontier, Emily Dickinson poems, Joan of arc .~Interested in the way people used their bodies~”Movement never lies”

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?