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A 7 page research paper that provides a brief history of modern dance in the US. Beginning with Isadora Duncan and continuing through Alvin Ailey, the writer discusses the contributions of notable choreographers, which includes Ruth St. Denis, Katherine Duncan, Charles, Weidman, Doris Humphrey, Lester Horton, Martha Graham and others. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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and music in that it is experimental and iconoclastic (Beginnings of Modern Dance, 2004). It started around the turn of the twentieth century with pioneers such as Isadora Duncan, Loie
Fuller and Ruth St. Denis. Each of these dancers rebelled against the rigidity and artifice of classical ballet (Beginnings of Modern Dance, 2004). The following examination of modern dance history
shows that these innovators were only the beginning of a widespread and eclectic movement that continues to be incredibly creative. Isadora Duncan (1878-1927) has been called the "mother of
modern dance," as her innovative dance style featured free and natural movements inspired by classical Greek arts, folk dances, social dances, nature and poetry (Eley, 2002d). One of Duncans principal
technical contributions to modern dance, a contribution from which "all modern dance was born," is to use the torso to initiate all movement (Eley, 2002d, p. 57). In her performances,
Duncan wore Grecian-style, free-flowing robes, her feet were bare and her hair loose (Eley, 2002d). This was considered scandalous at the time. Another early pioneer in modern dance was Loie
Fuller, who is best known for her "Serpentine Dance," which she crated for Patis Follies-Bergere in 1892 (Eley, 2002d). Fuller chanced to notice that, when she was wearing a full
skirt of transparent silk, being back-lit would produce dramatic shapes of light through the skirt (Eley, 2002d). She created her own dance troupe and toured the US and Europe in
the 1910s and 20s (Eley, 2002d). Also, in the first decades of the twentieth century, Ruth St. Denis created highly elaborate dances that featured sinuous improvised movements that suggested
the dances of Indian and Egypt and which, aided by elaborate costumes, evoked mysticism for the audience (Beginnings of Modern Dance, 2004). St. Denis was born Ruth Dennis in Newark,
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