Doris Humphrey

As ballets were about telling stories or formulating movements, modern dance broke the rules and started to focus more on individual expressions. Loie Fuller (1862 – 1928), Doris Humphrey (1895-1958), and Ruth St. Denis (1877-1968) were pioneering women who took a stand and used their dance performance to speak up for women’s rights. Using dance, they significantly contributed to the Feminist movement in which they embraced self-expression and creativity so that women could be acknowledged in the

The American dancer and choreographer Doris Humphrey played one of the pivotal roles in the development of the modern dancing. Humphrey with her deep contemplation of the possibilities of human body movement and its unique expression invented the new vocabulary of dance movement, built on the principles of the equilibrium and graceful gravity fall and recovery technique. The legendary dancer based her choreography on the constant search of the body equilibrium nuances and its principles. Using these

From 1927 to 1944, Tamiris’s concert career persevered. During this time, she choreographed many works for herself and others, such as Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, and members of the New Dance League and Group. Tamiris choreographed works that were forceful and vivacious to express her belief that life was a conflict.      Between 1928 and 1941, Helen Tamiris choreographed most

Modern dance has converted into the contemporary movements that teenagers and adults use to dance when they are in a certain event. But who were some of the pioneers that created this gestures? Throughout this essay I am going to talk about two of them, Martha Graham and Jose Limon who are the 20th century’s innovative artists in our dance culture. Her name is Martha Graham and is considered as “the mother of the modern dance”. As Alma Guillermoprieto has pointed out. Marta Graham was born in Pittsburgh

According to the website Biography, “Mexican-born dancer and choreographer José Limón is recognized as an important figure in the American modern dance movement of the 1930s-1960s” (Biography). Jose Limon is one of the Ballet dancer sand choreographers in the 1930s. Even though he is considered to be a Ballet dancer, Limon is well-known for performing and choreographing a great amount of Modern Dance piece. Jose Limon is significant to me because he is the first Modern Dance choreographer I know

intense energy, constant moving towards the ground, and a dragging type of movement due to the stretchy dress. Most of the dance moves are considered characteristics of modern dance due to the movements towards the ground and dancing barefooted. Doris Humphrey’s technique of “fall and recovery” is a perfect example to the coming of the ground intensively being presented

Modern Dance is a free expressive way style of dancing that was developed in the early 20th century as an insurgent against ballet. Isadora Duncan, Loie Fuller, and Ruth St. Denis were pioneers who discovered and created modern dance in the United States. Modern dance also spread to other countries like Germany and Greece but in the early 20th century it was taught so much differently. In addition, when Modern dance was taught around the 1950’s you noticed that the clothing style and the choreography

For seventy years Merce Cunningham lead an innovative career that expanded the worlds of dance, visual, and performing arts. With the use of chance procedures in his choreography, and the idea to separate music and dance, Cunningham created a unique repertoire of work for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. I will be arguing that through the evaluation and analysis of Merce Cunningham’s choreography, he developed an innovative technique based off of the forms and structures of classical ballet. Additionally

Contemporary dance was developed in the early 20th century as a movement against the rigid technique of ballet (Blackfish Arts Acadamy, 2006). Using the natural lines of the body to create new movements, the contemporary dance style usually has more fluidity than that of conventional dance styles (Freeman, 2013). In the book ‘Beginning Modern Dance’, Miriam Giguere says ‘The function of dance is communication. . . . By communication is not meant to tell a story or to project an idea, but to communicate

Ageism, or the prejudice and discrimination associated with a person 's age, has become a widely researched topic among scholars over the last few decades. The deficit model of ageing characterizes old age as a pathological condition in which individuals undergo physical and mental decline (Allen, 2011). Growing old has developed into a major social problem in Western culture, and most individuals accept the stereotypes and stigma related to ageing. Companies, often phase out older employees by