The ideal dance I pick was a mixed of modern/ballet dance. I constantly desired to dance like a mystical Firebird called the Phoenix and how they interpret the meaning of reincarnation. How the Phoenix used its feathers to turn it to flames and able to swirl. It around to engulf itself in flames to get the sun to become as one with the world. The phoenix opens its wings and lift itself to the cosmos as the young phoenix from its old ashes and rejuvenate to a beautiful organism. The song I used is…

kotos Modern Dance Professor Jessie Laurita Spanglet 4 December 2016 Alwin Nikolais What exactly is modern dance and who says what is dance? Throughout the decades dancers and artists have used this question to push the boundaries and limitations on what is considered dance. Some did this by changing the setting of a dance while others did this by making changes to what can be incorporated into a dance. A great example of a famous choreographer who changed the way others viewed dance was Alwin…

Compare and Contrast of Classical Ballet and Modern Dance Dance is one of the most beautiful, expressive forms of art known to mankind. It expresses joy, love, sorrow, anger, and the list truly goes on for all the possible emotions that it can convey. Dance not only can express how one feels, but it can tell a story or even be used to praise a higher power. Dance has intricately played an important role to every culture over the course of time. Two forms of dance that have not only stood against…

and mind. Against that society's convention, there was a woman who tried to communicate with people through her dance. She, Isadora Duncan, was a pioneer of the modern dance, and her dance embraced her sophisticated ideals. Even though the public remember her only with the complicated and scandalous rumors about her lovers and dramatic death by scarf, Isadora Duncan’s new style of dance which led a new paradigm reflected freedom–not only for herself but also for the society. Purely, she extricated…

Contemporary dance was developed in the early 20th century as a movement against the rigid technique of ballet (Blackfish Arts Acadamy, 2006). Using the natural lines of the body to create new movements, the contemporary dance style usually has more fluidity than that of conventional dance styles (Freeman, 2013). In the book ‘Beginning Modern Dance’, Miriam Giguere says ‘The function of dance is communication. . . . By communication is not meant to tell a story or to project an idea, but to communicate…

for their input into modern dance was Isadora Duncan, throughout the history of modern dance people have referred to Isadora Duncan (1878- 1927) as a symbolic figure of independence. This is not merely because she rejects to follow educational dance but because she has the audacity to disrupt dance ethnicities and shared codes with her aesthetical plans. She mainly creates her choreography by studying other artistic languages such as poetry, monuments and music. For Isadora, dance is an expression of…

NAI-NI CHEN AND TAIWANESE-AMERICAN MODERN DANCE Taiwan and America have always had strong relations since the early 1900s. However, during the Cold War, they became even closer allies. During this time, many famous American dancers such as Alvin Ailey, José Limón and Paul Taylor visited Taiwan. They brought along the ideas of American-style democracy embedded in the art form of modern dance, which also expressed individual freedom. In addition, the United States’ aid to Taiwan during the 1950s…

In America, Martha Graham (The Queen of Modern Dance), Rudolph von Laban (Time Energy and Space), and Alvin Ailey (Gospel or Lyrical Spiritual Dance) developed and are developing for human movement methods of instruction that led to the development of modern and expressionist dance. The reason that modern dance is so popular is because it allows for the ability to move your body in a way that is comfortable to you. Also people in the 20th century were trying to get out of the strictness of ballet…

Dance is never static. Even if it has specific sub-genres with set guidelines and expected characteristics like other forms of visual and performing arts, dancers have the will to choose not follow them as often and as strictly if they please. They’re allowed the freedom of expression as well as the freedom to even create new forms of dance. In fact, this freedom to create is why modern dance came to be. It decided to stem off of classical ballet then completely break off from its roots and become…

The life of the “mother of modern dance ” was very colorful and unusual. Isadora Duncan began to learn dancing from a very young age. She always wanted to be different from others. She loved to dance, but she thought traditional dances didn 't have freedom. So she didn 't learn classical ballet. Instead, Isadora listened to the music and created her own way to dance. She barefoot, wore simple clothes and moved as she liked. No one had ever danced like that before. Isadora Duncan has been one of the…