Contemporary dance Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Contemporary dance is the name given to a group of 20th century concert dance froms.

Rather than a specific dance technique contemporary dance is a collection of systems and methodologies developed from Modern and Postmodern dance. The development of contemporary dance was parallel but separate to New dance in the Britain but distictions can be made between European and American Contemporary dance.

Table of contents

1 History 1.1 Seminal artists 1.2 Form 1.3 Technique 2 See also

History

Seminal artists

Notable artists in the field of contrmporary dance include:

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Form

Contemporary dance (due to its Postmodern lineage) take on many forms inlcuding:

• contemporary dance -
• dance fusion -
• emergent dance -
• revisionism -

Technique

Rather than emphasising technique contemporary dance examines the choreographic and performing process, as a result there has been limited development of dance techniques by seminal dance artists. Instead, contemporary dance draws on modern dance techniques and philosophies of movement based on study of the human body and include:

• Cunningham technique
• Graham technique
• Hawkins technique
• Laban movement studies
• Lester Horton Technique
• Limón technique

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• Alexander Technique
• Body-Mind Centering
• Feldenkrais
• Kinesiology
• Pilates
• ReleaseTechnique
• Skinner Releasing Technique
• Somatic Movement Studies

See also

• 20th century concert dance
• Postmodern dance
• Judson Dance Theater
• List of dance style categories
• Choreographers

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