1. Modern Dance

2. Early Dance
● ~Religion Based
● ~Entertainment
● ~Structured

3. Ballet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7_RzNYE-6A
1 Minuite

4. Modern Dancers
●Meredith Monk By Genna Dankis
●Isadora Duncan By Gabby Donley
●Martha Graham By Milan Hayes

5. ~Born in 1942
~Training in Dalcroze Eurhythmics,
~Crossover Artist
Meredith Monk

6. ~Voice with dance
~Simple
~Repetitive
Her Dance

7. Inspiration
~Delcroze Eurhythmic
~Bessie Schoenberg
~Ruth Lloyd
~Shambhala Mediation

8. Awards2012
Doris Duke Artist
Musical America's 2012 Composer of the Year
2011
NPR's 50 Great Voices
Yoko Ono Lennon Courage Award for the Arts
2010
American Music Center Letter of Distinction
2008
Premio Arlecchino d'Oro 2008, Mantova Feslytival, Ita

9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECBfveopzOs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsifwglS5uU
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=HAuKB6XJndc
1 minute

10. ~Childhood
~Mothers Influence
~Influence on Others
Isadora Duncan

11. ~Feelings toward Ballet
~Whats she thought dance should be
~Early career/Small shows/Daly company
~Separation from small career to popular
career
~Influence on others/dance schools
Isadora Duncan

12. ~Classsical Music
~Costumes/Tunics
~Stage Set-Up
~Nature influence
Isadora's Techniques & Styles

13. http://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=nUvaraDf_3Y
http://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=vGi1WKknNk4

14. ~Denishawn school in Los Angles
Ruth St. Denis~ translation
Ted Shawn
~First debut in New York in 1926
Martha Graham

15. Martha Graham
● Own language of movements
● Basic human movements
● Human emotions
● Insght on human conditions

16. Martha Graham
~Focus on center of the body
~Coordination between breathing and
movement
~Dances had emotional and spiritual
themes
~Contraction and release
~Focus on the movement of the pelvis

17. Inspiration
~Greek mythology, the early American
frontier, Emily Dickinson poems, Joan of
arc .
~Interested in the way people used their
bodies
~”Movement never lies”

18. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L
r8OqS7glxk
http://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=Pb4-kpClZns

19. Modern Dance Today
~Modern, Lyrical, and Contemporary
~More Structured
~Emotion Driven
~”Best Picture You Can Make”

20. 1 minuite
● http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdIp9fVn
yp0
Modern Dance

21. Entertainment Today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXtS34RH-60
http://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=XWbMKa5iwOw

22. Quiz
~Which dancer focus on nature?
~Which dancer focus on human condition and
contraction and release?
~Which dancer focus on combining her vocals
with her dance?