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    Pia Bausch Research Paper

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    that surrounded her in her early childhood and her early years of experiencing war reflected in her pieces‚ in certain outburst of panic and fear of unnamed damage. One of Pina Bausch first performance of dance was with Solingen Children Ballet. At the age of fourteen Pina began to study dance with Kurt Jooss at the Folkwang School in Essen. Jooss was known

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    Martha Graham Essay Throughout history‚ Modern Dance has been pioneered by inspirational choreographers such as Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham. Martha Graham in particular‚ revolutionised the dance industry with her numerous choreographed works. By experimenting with foreign movements and establishing the fundamental technique in Modern Dance‚ Martha Graham clearly expressed this dramatic dance style as a new form of life. Her style‚ created from raw emotion‚ challenges the technical barriers

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    Modern dance is the term used for the 20th-century theatrical dance movement. The movement was started by American dancer Isadora Duncan in a rebellion against ballet‚ which she felt was too constricting. Duncan based her dance technique and style on the Greeks. She identified with their ideals of human form and beauty. Although her way of dance was originally met with strong opposition‚ her ideas later came into wide favor. In the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKtQWU2ifOs time 26 to 35

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    Alvin Ailey - 1

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    economy (the recession). When Alvin’s school went on a school excursion to see the ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performed‚ Ailey was inspired to pursue dance. Ailey’s curiosity was so intense that he found himself peaking in the stage door to catch sight of the performance of Dunham’s Tropical Revue; this was the beginning of Ailey’s lifelong passion for dance. As early has as high school Alvin conflicted about his sexuality. He never overcame this internal conflict but never totally accepted about himself

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    In the world of dance‚ George Balanchine and William Forsythe have changed the way ballet is structured by sculpting the end of the 19th century classical ballet movements to modern contemporary movements‚ introducing neoclassical ballet. Neoclassical ballet defines the body’s lines and angles. They have both created various original works paired with radical patterns‚ costumes‚ setting‚ movement and music . Forsythe is one of the most significant choreographers of the 21st century. With Balanchine’s

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    Nacho Duato

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    How have Nacho Duato’s background and training influenced his choreography of Jardi Tancat? Nacho Duato was born in Valencia Spain on the 8th January in 1957. His dream was always to study ballet but due to the lack of prestigious dance institutes in Spain‚ at the ripe age of only 16 he travelled to London and auditioned for the Ballet Rambert School. At the college he was told that he was too old to start dancing at the expected level‚ and had no technique and or sufficient training. However

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    Mary Wigman

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    18‚ 1973) in Hannover‚ Germany‚ Mary Wigman was a pioneer of the modern expressive dance developed in central Europe. Expressionist dance is a European dance form that is part of the German Expressionist movement. Mary Wigman did not began to study dance until she was almost twenty-four years old‚ being a pupil or Emile Jaques-Dalcroze and Rudolf Von Laban. She was one of the leading proponents of German Expressionist modern dance‚ which was known as Ausdruekstanz‚ and she subsequently formulated

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    ponder the underlying meaning of the dance. This dance was by far the most expressive one presented all semester. The frantic and sudden movements that interchanged with the soft and gentle movements flowed together and portrayed a frantic‚ yet elegant message. The type of mixed emotional energies and variation of movements is probably what drew the audience in most because of the sudden changes in mood. This powerful dance had an emotional and primitive theme. The dance most definitely heavily incorporated

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    Alvin Ailey - Essay

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    more than one year old‚ when his father left him and wife. Both he and his mom moved to Los Angeles‚ California in 1942. At the age of five‚ his mother was raped by a white man. Ailey and many other black dancers were prevented from joining many dance companies due to racism. He felt agonized about having to be so guarded about his homosexuality. Ailey died of a rare blood disorder called‚ blood dyscarsia. Alvin Ailey first started out doing high school football and gymnastics. As he was growing

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    Modern Dance innovator Lester Horton (1906-1953) pioneered dance in Los Angeles from 1928-1953.  Today‚ Horton’s technique is taught in varying versions at numerous institutions in the United States and Overseas. By the 1950s‚ the Horton technique had evolved through several phases into a massive body of movement vocabulary that included exercises for every part of the body‚ even the eyes and tongue. Horton was at the height of his creativity in the early 50s when he re-codified his dance technique

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