Modern Dance
Miller/Cron, PE AAII Spring 2 2015
Brief Synopsis of Modern Dance
When it was started. Where it evolved.
Leaders and Famous Dancers or Choregraphers:
Isadora Duncan
Ruth St. Denis
Nadia Nerina
A brilliant leading ballerina with the Royal Ballet, whose bravura brought her admiration in Russia. She gained immortality by having Frederick Ashton’s masterpiece La Fille mal gardée created on her. Renowned as the best technician at Covent Garden in the Fifties and Sixties, she impressed and humbled Rudolf Nureyev when he attempted to show off in a performance of Giselle with a series of 16 entrechats six (jumps with rapid changes of feet). We chose her because she did a lot of leaps in her performances and we did leaps in our dance.
Martha Graham
Twyla Tharp
Citations: MLA Format
~ "Modern." Dance Heritage. W.L, 2013. Web. 23 Apr. 2015.
~ "Smithsonian Education - Welcome." Web. 23 Apr. 2015.
~ "Ballet Austin." Ballet Austin. Web. 23 Apr. 2015.
~ "History of Modern Dance 2009-10 - Ballet Performances." Web. 23 Apr. 2015.