~Modern Dance History~
Modern Dance (free dance) developed in the early 20th century
as a rebellion against Ballet.
Modern Dance Pioneers
Loie Fuller (1891)
Isadora Duncan (1903)
Helen Tamiris
Ruth St. Denis (1905)
Ted Shawn
Ruth St. Denis + Ted Shawn ---Jacobs Pillow (MA)
Denishawn (1915)
2nd Generation:
From Denishawn:
Martha Graham (1920’s) Doris Humphrey + Charles Weidman
“Contract & Release” “Fall & Recovery”
“Martha Graham Dance Company”
-Paul Taylor
-Ana Sokolow
-Merce Cuunigham (1940’s)
-Paul Taylor
-Twyla Tharp
-Alvin Ailey
-Eric Hawkins (student of George Balanchine)
-Alwin Nikolais
From Humphrey-Weidman (1928)
-Jose Limon (1946) + Humphrey “Limon Dance Company”
-Alwin Nikolais
Other Dance Pioneers
Katherine Dunham (1930’s) –Caribbean Influence
Pearl Primus (1940’s)
Lester Horton “Lester Horton Technique”
Alvin Ailey (1930’s) “The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater”
-Carmen deLavallade
-Bella Lewitzky
-Arthur Mitchell
-Ulysses Dove
-James Mitchell (Broadway Dancer/Actor)
