Modern
Brittany James
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_dance
http://smithsonianeducation.org/spotlight/dance.html
http://julie.myweb.uga.edu/dance/html/what/what.htm
Many other Modern dance artists and choreographers were to follow, each experimenting in their own ways, paving a path of creative artistry in dance that had not yet been traversed, with each new visionary drawing from or reacting to the one before. This overview is by no means complete, as each artist of the Modern dance tree has contributed an important and unique perspective.
http://autocww.colorado.edu/~toldy3/E64ContentFiles/DanceAndDancers/ModernDance.html
Modern Dance, tradition of theatrical dance unique to the 20th century. Modern dance flourished in areas that lacked strong ballet traditions, such as in the United States where ballet companies were imported from Europe. Although modern dance originated in Europe, by 1930 the United States had become the center for dance experimentation. Many early modern dances were miniatures—solos of highly compressed effect. They were unlike anything known, for dance at that time was dominated by late 19th-century ballets, which were characterized by large casts, a great variety of dance numbers, and spectacular scenic effects. But ballet itself was not always so monumental in scale, and just as ballet has evolved over the centuries as a changing tradition, so also has modern dance during its shorter period of existence.