1. Modern Dance

2. Early Dance
● ~Religion Based
● ~Entertainment
● ~Structured

3. Ballet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7_RzNYE-6A
1 Minuite

4. Modern Dancers
●Meredith Monk By Genna Dankis
●Isadora Duncan By Gabby Donley
●Martha Graham By Milan Hayes

5. ~Born in 1942
~Training in Dalcroze Eurhythmics,
~Crossover Artist
Meredith Monk

6. ~Voice with dance
~Simple
~Repetitive
Her Dance

7. Inspiration
~Delcroze Eurhythmic
~Bessie Schoenberg
~Ruth Lloyd
~Shambhala Mediation

8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECBfveopzOs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsifwglS5uU
1 minute

9. ~Childhood
~Mothers Influence
~Influence on Others
Isadora Duncan

10. ~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

11. ~Classsical Music
~Costumes/Tunics
~Stage Set-Up
~Nature influence
Isadora's Techniques & Styles

12. http://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=nUvaraDf_3Y
http://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=vGi1WKknNk4

13. ~Denishawn school in Los Angles
Ruth St. Denis~ translation
Ted Shawn
~First debut in New York in 1926
Martha Graham

14. Martha Graham
● Own language of movements
● Basic human movements
● Human emotions
● Insght on human conditions

15. Martha Graham
~Focus on center of the body
~Coordination between breathing and
movement
~Focus on the movement of the pelvis

16. Inspiration
~Greek mythology, the early American
frontier, Emily Dickinson poems, Joan of arc
Played .
~Dances had emotional and spiritual themes
~Contraction and release

17. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L
r8OqS7glxk
http://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=Pb4-kpClZns

18. Modern Dance Today
~Modern, Lyrical, and Contemporary
~More Structured
~Emotion Driven
~”Best Picture You Can Make”

19. 1 minuite
● http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdIp9fVn
yp0
Modern Dance

20. Entertainment Today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXtS34RH-60
http://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=XWbMKa5iwOw

21. 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?