Modern dance
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Modern dance is a broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance which includes dance styles such as ballet, folk, ethnic, religious, and social dancing; and primarily arose out of Europe and the
Martha Graham in 1948
Isadora Duncan in 1903
Dancer at the Laban school, Berlin 1929
Martha Graham and Bertram Ross in 1961; photo by Carl van Vechten
Isadora Duncan
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Angela Isadora Duncan was an American-born dancer and choreographer, who was a pioneer of modern contemporary dance and performed to great acclaim throughout Europe and the United States. Born and rai
Modern dance
…ballet, and also a way to express social concerns like socioeconomic and cultural factors. In the late 19th century, modern dance artists such as Isadora Duncan, Maud Allan, and Loie Fuller were pioneering new forms and practices in what is now called improvisational or free dance. These dancers disregarded…
Duncan c. 1906–1912
Photo by Arnold Genthe of Duncan performing barefoot during her 1915–1918 American tour
Abraham Walkowitz's Isadora Duncan #29, one of many works of art she inspired
Anna, Lisa and Margot, "Isadorables"