1. Netherlands Dance Theater: Contemporary Dance Tara and Sirin

2. Contemporary Dance Concert dance Can be danced to almost any style of music and can be united with any other dance forms to create new movement styles Sub-genres: conceptual dance, pedestrian contemporary Often focuses on breathing, alignment, raw emotion, opposing movement

4. Merce Cunningham

5. Martha Graham

7. Technique Contact Improvisation: awareness of space and weight, exploration of movements from weight exchange, fluid movement and touch points Dance Improvisation: used as a choreographic tool to explore new movement + ideas Pilates, yoga, martial arts Floor work, lifts in partnering Using body’s natural line and energy  greater range of fluidity/flow of movements

8. Netherlands Dance Theater NederlandsDans Theater Founded by Benjamin Harkarvy, AartVergstegen and CarelBirnie in 1959 Benjamin Harkarvy: American dance teacher, choreographer and artistic director Dutch contemporary dance company Lucent Danstheater- 1987 Het Muziektheater- Amsterdam Stadsschouwburg- Nijmegen

9. Netherlands Dance Theater Began with 18 members of the Dutch National Ballet Wanted to break from restraints of traditional Dutch ballet To explore new forms of dance and ideas Experiment with various movements 1960’s Combination of classical dance and American modern dance Strong American influence

10. “Whereabouts Unknown/Bella Figura” Choreographed by JiriKylian Themes/Ideas Explores the whereabouts of human existence Emphasizes relationships and sensuality Questions social order + correctness Set/Costumes Contrast of dark form fitting to bright loose costumes Masks, sand, ramp, work with curtains

11. Awards VSCD 12 times (Vereniging van Schouwburgen en Concertgebouw Directie’s Zwaan award- “Most impressive dance production 2009” and “most impressive dance performance 2009” Foreign awards: Nijinsky Award & Choreographers won awards from Edinburgh international festival