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Martha Graham in 1948. 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.
This company has received scholarships and support from the National Endowment for Culture and Arts (Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, FONCA) and the Council for the Culture and Arts of Nuevo Leon (Consejo para la Cultura y las Artes de Nuevo León, CONARTE), just like from the program “México en Escena”. It has promoted 15 ...
La técnica cubana, often abbreviated as técnica, is a form of Cuban contemporary dance that was founded by Ramiro Guerra Suarez in Cuba in 1959. [1] Unlike other forms of traditional Cuban dance, técnica fuses many different dance forms together, such as those from Africa, Europe, and North America.
Charles Weidman (July 22, 1901 – July 15, 1975) was a renowned choreographer, modern dancer and teacher. He is well known as one of the pioneers of modern dance in America.
A group of figures in front of a window, formed by dance students at Laban's Choreographic Institute in Berlin-Grunewald (November 1929).. Laban was the son of Rudolf Laban Sr. (1843–1907), a military governor in Pressburg (Pozsony) [2] and (from 1899) field marshal in the Austro-Hungarian Army in the provinces of Bosnia-Herzegovina, [9] and Marie (née Bridling; 1858–1926). [2]
The company was founded in 1959 as the Conjunto Nacional de Danza Moderna (National Modern Dance Ensemble) by Ramiro Guerra Suarez, who moulded Danza Contemporanea’s repertoire into a Cuban blend of ballet and folklore styles.
John Martin's life leading up to his career may have led him to the success he later attained. Martin was born June 2, 1893, in Louisville, Kentucky, and was immediately influenced by his mother's love of musical theatre. [1]
Danza is a musical genre that originated in Ponce, a city in southern Puerto Rico. [1] It is a popular turn-of-the-twentieth-century ballroom dance genre slightly similar to the waltz . [ 2 ] Both the danza and its cousin the contradanza are sequence dances, performed to a pattern, usually of squares, to music that was instrumental.