CONTEMPORARY DANCE Flashcards
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Q
- expressive dance combines elements of
several dance genres, including modern,
jazz, lyrical, and classical ballet - stresses versatility and improvisation
- Contemporary Dancers: focus on floor
work, gravity to pull them down to floor - Often done in bare feet; performed to many
different styles of music
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CONTEMPORARY DANCE
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TYPES OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE
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01 GRAHAM: dramatic
02 CUNNINGHAM: accuracy of movement
03 LIMON: fall and recovery
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HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE
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● Began at start of 20th century
● US Dancer: Isadora Duncan (1878-1927)
broke away from ballet and developed own
more natural style
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Q
PURPOSE OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE
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- Let dancers express inner emotions
- Tell story to audience that is generally sad
in hopes of making them an emotion
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MAIN FEATURES OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE
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- Parallel in legs, curve, twist, and tilt spine
- Abstract gestures and embracing gravity in
use of floor work
