Dance 101 Lecture Week Six and Seven Chapter 6 Modern Dance Evolved in the late 1800s and early 1900s as a revolt against perceived restrictions limitations of the Ballet Themes inspirations involve real life situations and societal issues Continued fascination with the Ancient World Asia Egypt Greece Isadora Duncan 1877 1927 Free flowing fabrics unrestricted clothing and bare feet connection with nature Air on the G String Rudolf Von Laban 1879 1958 Labanotation Laban Movement Analysis Tragic fatal accidents involving automobiles Mother Isadorables Film Isadora Ruth St Denis 1878 1968 Music Visualization Ted Shawn 1891 1975 Denishawn Film Denishawn Birth of Modern Dance Jacob s Pillow Loie Fuller 1862 1928 Vaudeville Doris Humphrey 1895 1958 Charles Weidman 1901 1975 Kinetic Pantomime The Shakers 1931 Lynch Town 1935 Water Study 1928 Technique based on Fall and Recovery Martha Graham 1894 1990 Pioneers of Modern Dance Technique based on Contraction and Release Cave of the Heart 1946 Appalachian Spring 1944 Anna Sokolow 1915 2000 Rooms 1955 Jose Limon 1908 1972 Technique emphasizing balance speed control The Moor s Pavanne 1949 Erick Hawkins 1917 1994 Technique based on ease and free flow of movement Lester Horton 1906 1953 Technique requires a strong torso and uses both symmetrical and asymmetrical styles Katherine Dunham 1909 2006 Negro Rhapsody Technique combines native Caribbean and modern dance A researcher and a scholar Black Concert Dance Talley Beatty 1923 1996 Alvin Ailey 1931 1990 Donald McKayle 1930