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	Modern dance - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Holm's dance work Metropolitan Daily was the first modern dance composition to be televised on NBC and her labanotation score for Kiss Me, Kate (1948), was the first choreography to be copyrighted in the United States.
		Both Postmodern dance and Contemporary dance built upon the foundations laid by Modern dance and form part of the greater category of 20th century concert dance.
		Where as Postmodern dance was a direct and opposite response to Modern dance, Contemporary dance draws on both modern and postmodern dance as a source of inspiration.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Modern_dance (2014 words)

	Invitation to the Dance (Library of Congress Music, Theater, Dance: An Illustrated Guide)
		Dance materials at the Library serve as a mirror to the interest in--and commitment to--dance as an intrinsic component of the nation's cultural tapestry.
		Such guidebooks were used by the traveling "dancing masters," circuit-riders of the era who traversed vast regions of the United States teaching dances to the gentry of the South and the middle and upper classes of the Northeast.
		Because dance "moves," filmmakers--later, television producers--have been drawn to the dancing image since the very beginning of the film era, and dance scholars, seeing the tremendous potential for capturing the dance, immediately began to exploit film as a medium for enriching research resources.
	www.loc.gov /rr/perform/guide/dance.html (1498 words)

	Women in History of Scots Descent - Martha Graham and Modern American Dance
		In the 1920's she danced at the Denishawn school of Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, who were her forerunners in the development of American modern dance.
		Modern dance began on the east and west coasts of the United States: with Isodora Duncan, Loie Fuller, and Ruth St. Denis.
		As was the case in general with `the fervent years' of the thirties, modern dancers zealously supported unified group action as the key to humanity's struggle against oppression, be it economic or military.
	www.electricscotland.com /HISTORY/women/wih6.htm (1775 words)

	Modern Dance Videos
		Dance Spotlight presents the Intermediate tape of the innovative dance training technique of Lester Horton for modern dancers, teachers and choreographers.
		This innovative technique is a source of inspiration to countless modern dance choreographers and continues to train strong, versatile dancers, expanding the body's traditional range of motion.
		Danced by Miss Graham as Jocasta and featuring Paul Taylor as Tiresais and Bertram Ross as Oedipus, the work has a score by William Schuman and setting by Isamu Noguchi, the internationally renowned sculptor and designer.
	www.activevideos.com /moderndance.htm (1108 words)

	Russian Classical ballet and Modern Dance
		MODERN DANCE, having begun as a reaction to the rigidity of classical ballet, is perhaps more easily defined by what it is not than by what it is, and it is often defined in contrast to ballet.
		Modern dance flourished in areas that lacked strong ballet traditions, such as in the United States where ballet companies were imported from Europe.
		Russian Modern Dance, however, is not as popular even in Russia itself, and almost unknown for the rest of the world.
	slis.cua.edu /ihy/sppj/about.htm (514 words)

	Modern dance instruction and performance video. basic concepts in modern dance training by a Certified Laban Movement ...
		A comprehensive demonstration of the basic concepts in modern dance training by a Certified Laban Movement Analyst; presents exercises on total body connectedness, internal support for balance, full-range mobility, weight transference propulsion and three-dimensional movement.
		Jose Limon (1908-1972) was a Mexican-American choreographer who continues to be regarded as one of the modern dance world's seminal creative artists, known for his intense dramatic presence and the theatricality and musicality of his dances.
		The dance tells of the couple’s wedding, the building of their home, the preacher’s dire sermon and the woman’s gentle blessing as the couple begins a life in the wilderness.
	www.shopmountainlaurel.com /modern_dance (1584 words)

	Spotlight Biography: Modern Dance
		Graham intended her dances to provide insight into the human condition, as in Letter to the World (1940), inspired by Emily Dickinson's life and poetry, or Appalachian Spring (1944), a celebration of America's pioneer spirit.
		While early modern dance did not use characters or tell stories, Graham had a theatrical bent that surfaced increasingly in her later works.
		However, the spirit of the early modern dance pioneers lived on in the work of José Limón, whom many consider the greatest performer in the history of modern dance.
	smithsonianeducation.org /spotlight/dance.html (933 words)

	Contemporary Dance Ensemble - Modern Dance History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Although the physical technique of modern dance has gone through, and is still going through, drastic interpretation, a spiritual essence is the core that these forerunners established.
		She focused on the "polar extremes of balance and unbalance, fall and recovery" which are still backbones of modern dance today.
		The generation of modern choreographers that followed internalized, and the subject matter of modern dance shifted from that of social reform to personal emotions.
	www.cde.org.vt.edu /mdrnhist.htm (826 words)

	Dance Internships - College Dance Programs - Hollins University
		The Hollins Repertory Dance Company is the first U.S. student group to twice travel to France to attend the Cannes Festival de Danse ('99, '03).
		Another significant aspect of the dance program is Hollins' connection with the American Dance Festival (ADF) at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
		Shen Wei, a founding member of China's first modern dance troupe, was in residence at Hollins in 1997 and again in spring 2001, while the piece was being developed.
	www.hollins.edu /undergrad/dance/dance.htm (1608 words)

	Modern Dance Classes for Adults in Downtown Toronto
		Modern Movement is a recreational modern dance class designed by Lisa Sandlos to be enjoyable and comprehensive, yet challenging for adults with little or no dance experience.
		All of the teachers have backgrounds as professional dance artists and performers, and have considerable experience teaching modern dance to various levels and abilities.
		She has an M.A. in Dance from York University, as well as certification in movement analysis from the University of Quebec in Montreal.
	www.xoe.com /ModernMovement (787 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Ballet & Modern Dance: A Concise History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dance As a Theatre Art: Source Readings in Dance History from 1581 to the Present by Katy Matheson
		YA A one-volume dance source that does it all, this is a history of dance from prehistory to the 20th Century.
		It provides a sound overview of the history of dance with special focus on ballet and modern dance.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0871271729?v=glance (615 words)

	Modern Dance - www.artindia.net
		Modern Dance in India has a relatively short history.
		Since the perception of 'modern' or 'contemporary' can vary from dancer to dancer, this dance form cannot be defined as easily as the classical dance styles of India.
		With growing interaction between dance practitioners all over the country and the world, and awareness of important contemporary issues, many classical dancers have also stepped into the realm of contemporary dance through exploration of one or many dance styles.
	www.artindia.net /modern.html (478 words)

	Modern Dance Videos and DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Modern dance videos Lester Horton, Martha Graham, Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn.
		This historic dance documentary tells the story of one of the least publicized, yet most-influential modern dance companies in America.
		Incorporating elements of Far and Middle Eastern dances to create abstract pieces they called “musical visualizations,” the couple rejected the tradition of basing dances on fairy tales: their dancers played human beings, not sugarplums or swans.
	www.centralhome.com /ballroomcountry/modern_dance_videos.htm (1261 words)

	American Dance Institute - ballet, modern dance, flamenco, jazz, and Pilates for children and adults in Rockville, ...
		The American Dance Institute is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 educational organization founded to train intelligent, musical and athletic individuals with spirit, the Institute provides the Maryland, Virginia and DC metropolitan region with:
		A national center of excellence for dance instruction serving children, pre-professionals, professionals and adults.
		The American Dance Institute does not discriminate against students on the basis of race, color, sex, marital status, religious creed, ancestry, national origin, handicap, or sexual orientation.
	www.americandance.org (233 words)

	Modern Dance
		Dances of a particular nondominant culture as an avenue to understanding culture.
		Elementary education majors will design and implement dance lessons for elementary age students that foster a holistic approach to creative exploration and discovery.
		7581 Practicum in Dance Kinesiology (1 to 3) Prerequisite: DANCE 5510 and 6510.
	www.acs.utah.edu /GenCatalog/1018/crsdesc/dance.html (849 words)

	University of Utah Modern Dance
		Come take classes from U of U Modern Dance Faculty and invited guests.
		Experience the Modern Dance Department first-hand and see a performance by Performing Dance Company.
		Department of Modern Dance 330 S 1500 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 - Phone 801.581.7327
	www.dance.utah.edu (43 words)

	StreetSwing's Dance History Archives - Modern Dance Page - Main1
		Century meaning that the dances (Ballroom type) being done were modern in nature, rather than the older Quadrilles, Two Step, Minuet etc. of the time.
		These "Modern Dances" were generally associated with Vernon and Irene Castle, Maurice Mouvet and Florence Walton and others who were ballroom dancers of the time (1910s).
		The Modern Dance form came to be due to the restrictions on the ballet dancers at the time or to "release the dancer from explicit and locked definition" but today modern dance is very recognizable thru its forms, base and techniques.
	www.streetswing.com /histmain/z3modrn1.htm (526 words)

	OU School of Dance—Modern Repertory Dance Theatre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Modern Repertory Dance Theatre, founded and directed until 1998 by Ko Yukihiro, is the resident modern dance company of the University of Oklahoma.
		An ensemble of 20 dancers, MRDT offers the spectator an array of modern dance, jazz, dramatic and abstract works.
		For over 20 years, MRDT has performed in OU’s Rupel Jones Theatre and frequently engages in regional, national and international tours (including a tour of five major cities in Japan and two tours of Paraguay).
	www.ou.edu /finearts/dance/dmrdt.htm (121 words)

	modern dance: The Beginnings of Modern Dance
		Developed in the 20th cent., primarily in the United States and Germany, modern dance resembles modern art and music in being experimental and iconoclastic.
		Modern dance began at the turn of the century; its pioneers were Isadora
		Isadora Duncan shocked or delighted audiences by baring her body and soul in what she called “free dance.” Wearing only a simple tunic like the Greek vase figures that inspired many of her dances, she weaved and whirled in flowing natural movements that emanated, she said, from the solar plexus.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/ent/A0859703.html (631 words)

	TCU Ballet & Modern Dance Curriculum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dance certification for secondary education is also available.
		Ballet majors enroll in pas de deux and variations classes; modern dance majors enroll in repertory classes.
		Dance majors often combine dance with other major areas of study.
	www.dance.tcu.edu /curriculum.html (137 words)

	HESSDANCE.ORG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is the mission of Susan Hess Modem Dance is to serve dance and performance artists in a community where creativity and experimentation flourish.
		It is the vision of Susan Hess Modem Dance to expand upon its unique twenty-year history as a modern dance institution and to continue its history as one of the only nonacademic institutions in the Philadelphia area to develop choreographers and dancers and to shape new work in dance and the performing arts.
		The studio builds upon mid-twentieth century modern dance traditions, connecting with the subsequent trends, which have developed in dance.
	www.hessdance.org (149 words)

	Modern & Contemporary Dance, Dancers, Companies, History
		Developed in the 20th century, modern dance broke away from a formal tradition to pioneer an experimental, free-form way of moving across the stage.
		StreetSwing's Dance History Archives - Modern Dance - A concise overview of the genre with links to its most famous proponents beginning with Isadora Duncan and more, with related links to books and articles.
		The Early Modern Dance - Interactive, illustrated tutorial from the University of Pittsburgh including a brief history, a look at solo dancers,references, glossary and an online exam...
	www.chiff.com /art/dance/modern.htm (260 words)

	Modern Dance News
		Modern Dance News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		INTELLIGENCER DANCE CRITIC In recent years, a harbinger of the fall season is the "Fall Kick Off Showcase Extravaganza" at the Velocity MainSpace Theater on Capitol Hill.
		Ronald K. Brown combines modern dance, African movement The Contemporary Dance Theater opens its 33rd season by bringing Ronald K. Brown to the Aronoff Center.
	www.topix.net /arts/modern-dance (988 words)

	Modern Dance
		The dances have baroque names like “Les Visites” and “La Victoria,” and the dancers who perform them—five groups of four couples—have been practicing once a week for the past three months at a small ballroom on the Upper East Side.
		It was revived in 1961 as the centerpiece for a seriously formal white-tie affair held every winter, one of the more demanding of the whirlwind of winter and spring balls in the city hosted, for the most part, by creaky genealogical organizations.
		Now that the dance floor is packed, a wave of relief passes over the new crop of debs.
	www.newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/news/people/n_8362 (1914 words)

	Modern Dance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		MODERN DANCE, a stylistic and historical term that refers to a wide range of nonballetic concert dance forms.
		After 1960 a challenge to modern dance arose in the arena of postmodern dance, but by the 1990s both forms coexisted and sometimes intermixed, with ballet as well, on the international stage.
		Modern I "Speak to me" by Rebecca St. James
	www.messiah.edu /org/acclamation/MODERN/Modern.htm (97 words)

	DANCE!90210
		DANCE PAGES - Estelle Souche, a balletophile in Lyon, maintains a wonderful window onto the European dance scene.
		DANCE RESOURCES - Raewyn Whyte of New Zealand has compiled an eclectic list of wide-ranging links introduced by a way cool animated dancer.
		DANCE TEACHER NOW - This widely read, excellent, magazine is devoted to all aspects of dance education.
	www.dance90210.com (549 words)

	New York City Reference
		A modern dance company in New York City.
		Paul Taylor Dance Company - now in its forty first year - celebrates the artistry of Paul Taylor, performing his dances throughout the world.
		This world class dance ensemble brings out the beauty of the Ukrainian theme interwoven with elements of ballet, modern and stylized folk dance.
	www.panix.com /clay/nyc/query.cgi?D1 (540 words)

	AllRefer.com - modern dance (Dance) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > Dance > modern dance
		modern dance, serious theatrical dance forms that are distinct from both ballet and the show dancing of the musical comedy or variety stage.
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on modern dance
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/moddanc.html (132 words)

	Modern dance and marketing trends
		There are three dances I am frequently asked to teach; Salsa, Country Two Step, and Swing (Swing is a classification of dance, as is Salsa).
		The one I tell the most is that Jitterbug was banned from many dance places, so the West Coast Swing was created.
		I'm happy to say that dancing with a partner is back and people of all ages are eager to learn.
	www.danceolife.com (656 words)

	O-T-O Dance
		-T-O Dance, Inc., is a flying modern dance company created by Anne Bunker in 1985.
		O-T-O Dance is always looking for motivated, ambitious and mature dancers, especially those with aerial, teaching and/or touring experience.
		O-T-O Dance offers many services and performances you will not find anywhere else.
	www.orts.org (186 words)

	Modern Dance in Rhode Island
		A weekly creative dance group moving freely for movement's sake in the spirit of the approach to creative dance pioneered by Barbara Mettler.
		She was one of the founders of the Judson Dance Theater in 1962, the genesis of a movement that proved to be a vital force in modern dance in the following decades.
		Dances are fully taught and documented on video (dvd in the works), cd, notebooks and notation.
	www.ridance.com /rimodern.html (1045 words)

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