Difference Between Ballet And Modern Dance

Modern dance is the free motion and structure of the body. It is less structured than ballet but still just as passionate. Modern dance is all about the natural movement of the body, different styles are created to a person’s body movement, whereas for ballet a dance is created and you can either do it or you cannot. It has been said by some people that modern dance was created for the rejects of ballet but, I think it was created for the people with free spirits in rhythm and dance. Ballet compared to modern dance is very strict and straight-forward, modern dance reflects on the opposite of ballet. It is more dramatic and aggressive; it keeps the audience in tune with the emotions they see on stage. The dance performances by UADC, was filled …show more content…
In this video, there is a woman dressed in purple clothing and she is dancing as if she is trapped. You can see her fighting the garment as if she is trying to escape from it. In the interview with Martha she says “it’s like your stretching inside your own skin.” It explains why she moves so aggressively and why she is straining her garment, she’s doing it for freedom. The performance is filled with many different emotions like entrapment, frustration and loneliness that we all as human beings feel inside ourselves at times. Martha says that one of the first times she performed Lamentation, she was approached by a woman who was crying and the woman thanked her. Martha later found out why she was so gracious for Martha’s performance. The woman had lost her son and could not show any emotion until she had seen Lamentation. Martha mentions, “It’s made me realize that there’s always one person to whom you speak in the audience, one.” A dance who dances with emotion makes the performance come to life and people relate more to realistic emotions. Performing with passion and grace for dance will show during a performance and that is why I feel that that woman could finally