P.E.H. Finals

Modern Dance

Broad genre

Isadora Duncan

• Against ballet

• Danced barefoot

• Wears Gracian robes

• Mother of Modern Dance

Loie Fuller

• A bursleque dancer

• Wears silk costumes

Ruth St. Denis

Cofounder of Denishawn School of Dancing

Ted Shawn

First notable male pioneers of American Modern Dance

Katherine Dunham

Queen Mother of Black Dance

Martha Graham

• Modern dance is the closest thing to a “mainstream”

• Mother of Contemporary Dance

Hanya Holm

Each dance have its own FORM AND VOCABULARY

Doris Humphrey

Uses breath and developing techniques

Charles Weidman

Break free from traditional movements

Hiphop Dance

Greater culture that began in the streets of New York

International Competition

World Hiphop Dance Championship

Freestyle Movement

Dancers uses beat, rhythm, and melody for their next move

Battles

• Freestyle and choreo

• Judges and panels

Cipher

Dancers forms a circle

Rapping (MCing)

• Vocal element

• Heart of hiphop genre

Disk Jockeying (DJing)

Scratching or turntable record mixing

Graffiti Art

“Aerosol Art”

Break Dancing (B-boying)

From brazilian martial arts (Capoiera)

Jungee Marcelo

One of the pioneers of street dance in PH

Street Dance

Cultural variation of hiphop dance

Popping

• Force energy

• Bouncy style

Locking (Campbellocking)

Freezing

Krumping

To release anger

Tutting/tetris

Mimics angular poses (Egyptian Art)

Shuffling/House

• Feet movements

• Robot like actions

Isolation

Fluid style (smooth)

Vogue

Models in poses

Dancehall

Reggae latin influences