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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 is a list of dance categories, different types, styles, or genres of dance. For older and more region-oriented vernacular dance styles, see List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin .
This is the main list of dances.It is a non-categorized, index list of specific dances. It may also include dances which could either be considered specific dances or a family of related dances.
Closely related to the development of American music in the early 20th century was the emergence of a new, and distinctively American, art form – modern dance.Among the early innovators was Isadora Duncan (1878–1927), who stressed pure, unstructured movement in lieu of the positions of classical ballet.
Within World Dance Council international competitions are two categories of dances, Ballroom (also called Standard or Modern) and Latin. [2] In England (e.g. at the Blackpool Dance Festival), the categories are traditionally called Ballroom and Latin American dances respectively.
Zollar's choreographic style is influenced by the dance traditions of Black Americans—modern dance, African dance, and social dance. [3] Her movement synthesizes influences from modern dance (a combination of Dunham, Graham, Cunningham, and Limón techniques), Afro-Cuban, Haitian, and Congolese dance. [2]
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]
The dance battles consisted of dance learned during prison years. [5] Inspired by the style of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs and the famous images of models in Vogue magazine, voguing is characterized by striking a series of poses as if one is modeling for a photo shoot. Arm and leg movements are angular, linear, rigid, and move swiftly from one ...