Free dance
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Free dance is a 20th-century dance form that preceded modern dance. Rebelling against the rigid constraints of classical ballet, Loie Fuller, Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis developed their own styl
Isadora Duncan performing free dance during her 1915–18 American tour. (Photo by Arnold Genthe)
Expressionist dance
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Expressive dance from German Ausdruckstanz, is a form of artistic dance in which the individual and artistic presentation of feelings is an essential part. It emerged as a counter-movement to classica
Free dance
…and François Delsarte developed their own theories of human movement and methods of instruction that led to the development of European modern and Expressionist dance. Free dance was prolific in Central and Eastern Europe, where national schools were created, such as the School of Musical Movement (Heptachor), in…
Mary Wigman (centre), a pioneer of expressionist dance, with students at her Berlin dance studio, 1959.
Loie Fuller 1902.
Ruth St. Denis, the ancient Egyptian, 1910.
Isadora Duncan at the sea front 1915.