Modern dance

The modern dance piece Night Journey (1947) by Martha Graham demonstrates the unique and powerful choreography which established Graham as the “Mother of Modern Dance” (Mapes). Perhaps Graham’s distinctive style can be traced to her unorthodox path into the field of dance. Unlike many of her peers, Graham did not begin her study of dance until her mid 20s (Mapes). Graham’s venture into dance was during an era in which women did not even have the right to vote and the globe was in the grips of…

interest in dance. He studied several Native American tribes including, the Iroquois, Red River Indians, Penobscot, and Ojibway. Horton also studied ballet for two years, and took classes at the Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis while working for the Indianapolis Little Theatre. Horton moved to Los Angeles, California in 1929 for work and remained there until his passing in 1953, which was perceived as odd considering that New York City was recognized as the center modern dance. Horton…

other ballet and modern companies, as well as Broadway shows. In our class discussion on Wednesday the 11th, we discussed a few topics…

Katherine Mary Dunham (June 22, 1909- May 21, 2006) was an American dancer, choreographer, author, educator, and social activist. Dunham had one of the most successful dance careers in American and European theater and directed her own dance company for many years. She has been called the "matriarch and queen mother of black dance." Youth; Katherine was born on June 22, 1909. Her father, Albert Millard Dunham, was a descendant of slaves. Her mother, Fanny June Dunham, died when Dunham was three…

instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.” (Graham). In pole dance, one uses their body to create art. The dancers body is not the art, but the movements the body creates is the art. Contemporary dance is musical expression which incorporates modern and post-modern aspects of dance, as well as classical dance styles such as ballet. In “The Last Goodbye” choreographed by Isis Masoud, and starring Marlo Fisken & Kyle DesChamps, they combined contemporary dance with pole…

collaboration ("Dance in Review" n.p.), Anguished, unable to prevent the unpreventable, the seven women are the essence of desperate energy, clawed furies rebounding from the floor to the score's insistent beat or digging deeper into that floor like human corkscrews. Here is the Graham idiom at its most percussive and virtuosic. Every breath pause in every body contraction is made kinetically apparent, and the ensuing release projection to carry the dramatic momentum forward ("Dance in Review"…

I went to go see the University Dance Theater Spring Concert on April 13, 2016 at 8:00 pm. This concert had ten different dance performances, each representing a different style of dance. These dance performances were created by different choreographers, some being students of Old Dominion University that are in the dance program, special guest artist, and or professors. The guest artist for this year’s spring concert Ann Sofie Clemmensen. All the dancers that performed in the show are all Old…

multimedia techniques such as extravagant lighting and usage of mirrors during the twentieth-century in order to ‘hypnotize’ and capture her audience. Fuller’s innovations would inspire many various types of artists and intellectuals, including future modern dancers like Isadora Duncan. Fuller had her first theatrical performance at two and a half where she attended Sunday school. This is where she had described to start realizing her power over influencing her audience by performing a…

the first choreographer to integrate African American dance with modern dance highlighting the importance of African American culture. She showed the world just how beautiful African American heritage is, but did not stop there. Katherine Dunham influenced the African American culture by fighting her way into the dance community, by developing ethnographic research, and by empowering her Illinois community through the art and outlet of dance. “As an artist, educator, anthropologist, and activist…

Choreographers attempt to “expand breadth and increase the depth of performance,” by expressing an idea through the ever evolving art form, dance. Born in 1894 Allegheny- Pennsylvania, Martha Graham an inspirational choreographer, embellished historical American culture and woman rights. A revolution and adventure in itself. Graham establish new pathways in the field of choreography and performance through family influences plus through different eras. Graham, once described as “indomitable,…