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Pages in category "Contemporary dance choreographers" The following 77 pages are in this category, out of 77 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
This is a list of choreographers: A. Aaliyah; Paula Abdul; Kyle Abraham; Alvin Ailey; Debbie Allen; Richard Alston; Sir Frederick Ashton; ... Dance This page was last ...
Modern dance is a broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance which includes dance styles such as ballet, folk, ethnic, religious, and social dancing; and primarily arose out of Europe and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Uday Shankar (December 8, 1900 – September 26, 1977), pioneer of modern dance in India, and a world renowned Indian dancer and choreographer Lloyd Shaw (1890–1958), also known as Dr. Lloyd "Pappy" Shaw, was an educator, and is generally credited with bringing about the broad revival of square dancing in America.
With clear pioneers, pupils and principles, modern dance began to emerge as a distinctly American art form to be taught and developed throughout the country and continent. [citation needed] Later choreographers searched for new methods of dance composition. Merce Cunningham (1919–2009) introduced chance procedures and composition by field.
The Martha Graham Dance Company in performance. The central woman's pose shows the characteristic tension and theatricality of Graham technique. Graham technique is a modern dance movement style and pedagogy created by American dancer and choreographer Martha Graham (1894–1991). [1]
Martha Graham (1894–1991), modern dancer, choreographer, pioneer of modern dance, Folies Bergère; Jill Green, dance scholar, educator; Cynthia Gregory (born 1946), prima ballerina, American Ballet Theatre; Francesca Harper (born 1969), dancer and choreographer, founder of The Francesca Harper Project
Modern dance Hanya Holm (born Johanna Eckert ; 3 March 1893 – 3 November 1992) is known as one of the "Big Four" founders of American modern dance . She was a dancer, choreographer, and above all, a dance educator .