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Interpretive dance is a family of modern dance styles that began around 1900 with Isadora Duncan. It used classical concert music but marked a departure from traditional concert dance, as a rebellion against the strict rules of classical ballet. [ 1][ 2][ 3] It seeks to translate human emotions, conditions, situations or fantasies into movement ...
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. It was considered to have been developed as a rejection of, or rebellion against ...
Ecstatic dance is a form of dance in which the dancers, sometimes without the need to follow specific steps, release themselves to the rhythm and move freely as the music takes them, leading to trance and a feeling of ecstasy. The effects of ecstatic dance begin with ecstasy itself, which may be experienced in differing degrees.
Interpretive dance (noun): a dance depicting a story or a definite emotion. For Gabrielle Union’s daughter Kaavia, interpretive dance is how she expresses the deep feelings and thoughts of her 3 ...
Dalcroze Institute of Applied Rhythm, Wigman School. Occupation (s) Dancer, choreographer, educator. Known for. 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. [ 1]
To my left, our breathwork guru is interpretive dancing around the room, and in an unexpected cameo, her tampon string joins the dance. On my right, our fearless meetup ringleader Charlie Ann Max ...
A Portland, Maine, city council meeting evolved into a scene straight out of 'Parks and Recreation' when a female citizen took the floor and broke out into an "interpretive dance" of sorts.
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 .