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The History of Dance Part 9: The Current Era in Dance

2024-04-23T11:40:05+01:00

Formerly, in The History of Dance Part 8: The Consolidation of Contemporary Dance, we saw how amazing Brazilian choreographers such as Rodrigo Pederneiras from the “Grupo Corpo” and Deborah Colker with her dance company contributed enormously not only to promoting this new style in South America but also to inspiring and inviting other choreographers to examine their cultural diversity and develop an identity in their dance. Furthermore, other outstanding Flemish choreographers like Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker with her dance company “Rosas” and Wim Vandekeybus with his company “Ultima Vez” have explored Contemporary Dance and its interaction with audiovisual arts. They took [...]

The History of Dance Part 9: The Current Era in Dance2024-04-23T11:40:05+01:00

The History of Dance Part 8: The Consolidation of Contemporary Dance

2024-04-23T10:57:11+01:00

Previously, in The History of Dance Part 7: The Arrival of Contemporary Dance, we told you about how, during the ’70s, Dance Theatre, created by the great German dancer Pina Bausch, influenced the nascent generations of Contemporary Dance, the next era in dance. As well as that, during the 80s, the work of the brilliant Czech choreographer Jiri Kylian contributed to setting the seeds for Contemporary Dance as his work, which mixes elements of Ballet, aims to reveal new possibilities in dance, breaking the rules of academicism. Then, during the 90s, the work of William Forsythe, an outstanding American choreographer, became [...]

The History of Dance Part 8: The Consolidation of Contemporary Dance2024-04-23T10:57:11+01:00

The History of Dance Part 7: The Arrival of Contemporary Dance

2024-04-05T11:22:22+01:00

Formerly, in The History of Dance Part 6: From Modern to Post-Modern Dance, we saw how after African American dancers Katherine Dunham, Pearl Primus and Alvin Ailey integrated Modern Dance with Folk Dances and presented a social discourse in their dance around the 40’s and 50’s Modern Dance was entering into another era called Post-Modern Dance. This was initiated by the great dancers Merce Cunningham, Erick Hawkins and Paul Taylor, who focused on abstract works, somatic dance techniques and everyday gestures with neoclassical dance. Then, in 1960, post-modern dance was solidified and characterised by experimentation with the work of Yvonne Rainer [...]

The History of Dance Part 7: The Arrival of Contemporary Dance2024-04-05T11:22:22+01:00

The History of Dance Part 5: The Appearance of Modern Dance

2024-03-20T15:25:55+00:00

Earlier, in History of Dance Part 4: The Golden Age of Ballet, we talked about the next steps on the evolution of this beautiful art and its superstars. Firstly, we saw the development of Ballet from the Classical and Romantic choreographies created by the great Ballet Master Marius Petipa and danced by his students who became astonishing dancers such as Anna Pavlova and Agrippina Vaganova. Secondly, we saw the experimentation that was carried out by Serguei Diaguilev’s dance company resulting in Modern and Neoclassical choreographies created by the amazing Russians dancers and choreographers Vaslav Nijinsky and George Balanchine respectively. Last but [...]

The History of Dance Part 5: The Appearance of Modern Dance2024-03-20T15:25:55+00:00

The History of Dance Part 4: The Golden Age of Ballet

2024-03-20T14:36:48+00:00

Formerly in History of Dance Part 3: The Ground Ready for the Birth of Ballet, we saw how the appearance of Ballet as we know it today was a process that was carried out progressively starting in the Renaissance but having its first antecedent as a dance style in the Baroque as the first dance school in France was founded and the elegant and refined steps of Ballet began to be codified. Then, in Romanticism, ballet was consolidated as a dance technique with specific dance vocabulary taught internationally in French. Ballerinas started to wear “Tutus” and dance on pointe, and music [...]

The History of Dance Part 4: The Golden Age of Ballet2024-03-20T14:36:48+00:00

The History of Dance Part 3: The Ground Ready for the Birth of Ballet

2024-03-20T12:06:57+00:00

Earlier on in the History of Dance Part 2: The Times of Darkness and Light of Dance, we told you about how the Middle Ages was certainly considered the darkest times of dance as it was a period of time in which dance suffered from marginalisation subjected by the Church due to the misconception of dance as a pagan rite. Later, when the Renaissance arrived, it brought light to dance again, as this was a time in which dance was revitalised because it recovered its importance as an art in society. However, the most important contribution of the Renaissance to dance [...]

The History of Dance Part 3: The Ground Ready for the Birth of Ballet2024-03-20T12:06:57+00:00

The History of Dance Part 2: The Times of Darkness and Light of Dance

2024-03-20T13:58:41+00:00

Previously, in The History of Dance Part 1: The Origins in Ancient Greece and Rome, we looked at the dance testimonies left by the two greatest civilisations that set the pillars of the Western world. First, we went back to the times of wonderful Greece; according to dance historians, the Greeks were the first to consider dance as an art, exalting its sacred and ritualistic character and maintaining it as a serious and respectful art worthy of study and practice. Then, when the amazing Roman Empire arose, even though dance was still considered a very important art, the Romans started to [...]

The History of Dance Part 2: The Times of Darkness and Light of Dance2024-03-20T13:58:41+00:00

The History of Dance Part 1: The Origins in the Ancient Greece and Rome

2024-03-20T13:08:02+00:00

Whenever we ask ourselves when dance originated, it seems that dance does not have a beginning as dance has always been a form of art that has always been between us, a form of expression inherent to the human being. Indeed, the physical expression through movement follows the same evolutionary timeline of human beings, and although it is practically impossible to locate the origin of dance in space and time, art historians have been tracking its origins, understanding first the history of dance as the chronological account of dance and dancing not only as an art but also as a social [...]

The History of Dance Part 1: The Origins in the Ancient Greece and Rome2024-03-20T13:08:02+00:00

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