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Graham technique is based on the opposition between contraction and release, a concept based on the breathing cycle which has become a "trademark" of modern dance forms. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Its other dominant principle is the "spiraling" of the torso around the axis of the spine. [ 9 ]
For example, D'Oubler envisioned dance based on scientific analysis of human anatomy and movement; Humphrey's technique focused on allowing gravity and momentum to affect the body; Hawkins advanced the idea that physiologically efficient movement is inherently beautiful. Some elements were the result of exploring other movement disciplines.
Ideokinesis is an approach to improving posture, alignment, and fluency of movement through structured guided imagery [1] that uses metaphors, such as visualizing an object moving in a specific direction along various muscle groups throughout the body, while lying completely still.
This project took Bartenieff into cross-cultural studies of movement, expressed in work and dance activities. An educational film entitled “Dance and Human History” (1976) [10] demonstrates the concepts of the Choreometrics team. [11] This project was the first to adapt Laban-based movement analysis to observation of cultural/geographic ...
Postmodern dance is a 20th century concert dance movement that came into popularity in the early 1960s. While the term postmodern took on a different meaning when used to describe dance, the dance form did take inspiration from the ideologies of the wider postmodern movement, which "sought to deflate what it saw as overly pretentious and ultimately self-serving modernist views of art and the ...
An alternative movement within some contra dance communities emphasizes "positional calling", in which dancers are referred to by the positions ("lefts and rights") they occupy. This requires more care and effort by the dance caller, but attempts to sidestep controversies over the merits of tradition and inclusivity.
An early precursor of the somatic movement in Western culture was the 19th-century physical culture movement. This movement sought to integrate movement practices, or "gymnastics", related to military and athletic training; medical treatment; and dance. [7] Many physical culture practices were brought to the US. [8]
The Grand Union was an improvisational dance group that performed improvisation that was not prepared or rehearsed beforehand. [2] Furthermore, and in part thanks to theories on human development that were developed in the 19th century, improvisation started being used in dance therapy and dance education in the 20th century