Download - Modern Dance
Modern Dance
Early Dance● ~Religion Based● ~Entertainment ● ~Structured
Ballet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7_RzNYE-6A
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Modern Dancers●Meredith Monk By Genna Dankis●Isadora Duncan By Gabby Donley●Martha Graham By Milan Hayes
~Born in 1942 ~Training in Dalcroze Eurhythmics, ~Crossover Artist
Meredith Monk
~Voice with dance~Simple ~Repetitive
Her Dance
Inspiration~Delcroze Eurhythmic ~Bessie Schoenberg~Ruth Lloyd~Shambhala Mediation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECBfveopzOs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsifwglS5uU
1 minute
~Childhood~Mothers Influence~Influence on Others
Isadora Duncan
~Feelings toward Ballet~Whats she thought dance should be~Early career/Small shows/Daly company~Separation from small career to popular career~Influence on others/dance schools
Isadora Duncan
~Classsical Music~Costumes/Tunics~Stage Set-Up~Nature influence
Isadora's Techniques & Styles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUvaraDf_3Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGi1WKknNk4
~Denishawn school in Los AnglesRuth St. Denis~ translationTed Shawn~First debut in New York in 1926
Martha Graham
Martha Graham● Own language of movements ● Basic human movements● Human emotions● Insght on human conditions
Martha Graham ~Focus on center of the body
~Coordination between breathing and movement
~Focus on the movement of the pelvis
Inspiration~Greek mythology, the early American frontier, Emily Dickinson poems, Joan of arc Played .~Dances had emotional and spiritual themes~Contraction and release
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr8OqS7glxk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb4-kpClZns
Modern Dance Today~Modern, Lyrical, and Contemporary~More Structured~Emotion Driven ~”Best Picture You Can Make”
1 minuite
● http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdIp9fVnyp0
Modern Dance
Entertainment Today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXtS34RH-60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWbMKa5iwOw
Quiz
~Which dancer focus on nature?~Which dancer focus on human condition and contraction and release?~Which dancer focus on combining her vocals with her dance?