Dancing in Contemporary Style

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 7: The Arrival of Contemporary Dance

Urpi2024-04-05T11:22:22+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 8: The Consolidation of Contemporary Dance

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

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