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  2. Contemporary dance - Wikipedia

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    A dancer performing a contemporary dance piece Indian Contemporary Dancer at 2018 Folklorama Festival, Winnipeg. Contemporary dance [1] is a genre of dance performance that developed during the mid-twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world, with particularly strong popularity in the U.S. and Europe.

  3. Dance improvisation - Wikipedia

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    Belly dance is one of the most commonly improvised dance forms, since often live music does not support the structured nature of choreography. Professional belly dancers may dance publicly 6 nights a week, up to three times a night, and simply do not have the time to choreograph for the 15–60 minutes a night that such performing requires.

  4. Category:Contemporary dance choreographers - Wikipedia

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  5. Choreography - Wikipedia

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    In dance, choreography is also known as dance choreography or dance composition. Choreography is also used in a variety of other fields, including opera, cheerleading, theatre, marching band, synchronized swimming, cinematography, ice skating, [7] gymnastics, fashion shows, show choir, cardistry, video game production, and animated art.

  6. Contemporary ballet - Wikipedia

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    A contemporary ballet leap. Contemporary ballet is a genre of dance that incorporates elements of classical ballet and modern dance. [1] It employs classical ballet technique and in many cases classical pointe technique as well, but allows a greater range of movement of the upper body and is not constrained to the rigorously defined body lines and forms found in traditional, classical ballet.

  7. Parsons Dance - Wikipedia

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    Parsons Dance was founded on July 17, 1985, by David Parsons and Howell Binkley. [1]The company consists of nine full-time dancers. It maintains a repertory of more than 80 works, 20 featuring commissioned original scores by composers and musicians including Dave Matthews, Michael Gordon, Milton Nascimento, John Mackey and Phil Woods. [2]

  8. Graham technique - Wikipedia

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    Graham technique has been called the "cornerstone" of American modern dance, and has been taught worldwide. [2] It is widely regarded as the first codified modern dance technique, [3] and strongly influenced the later techniques of Merce Cunningham, Lester Horton, and Paul Taylor. [4] [5] [6]

  9. Dance theory - Wikipedia

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    Dance theory is the philosophy underpinning contemporary dance, including formal ideologies, aesthetic concepts, and technical attributes. [1] It is a fairly new field of study, developing largely in the 20th century. It can be considered a branch of expression theory [2] and is closely related to music theory and specifically musicality. [3]