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expression both mentally and physically to relay specific information to an audience. This
combines emotions that links the spirit with the mind and the body to pass information at deeper
levels. Elements from different styles of dance like jazz, lyrical, classical ballet and modern are
incorporated to form contemporary dance. The dance emphasizes versatility and trial of new
ideas, unlike other dance actions that are rigid on instruction. The freedom of movement allows
the participants to express inner feeling during the dance (Van Dyck et al., 183). Therefore, in
addition to the above, this paper will define contemporary dance and describe its history.
The contemporary dance began in 20th century with early development in North America
and Europe. The strict rules in other dance; lyrical and classical ballet had become too much for
the dancers to bear hence the need to eliminate the rules. This led to exploration from all dance
moves across the world that gave rise to contemporary dance (Hesmondhalgh, David, and L.
Meier, 98). The dance does not have restrictions and guarantees for entirely different
movements including dancing on the floor as much as the physical fitness of an individual may
allow. When performed on the floor, the dance depends on the physics principle of gravity that
The roots of this popular dance are linked to most aspiring individuals in history. Among
them are Isadora Duncan, Merce Cunningham and Martha Graham who needed to prove to the
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universe contemporary dance is possible. Indeed the dance instilled a sense in contemporary
dancers to embrace the freedom, and step up from older dancing styles. Also, the earlier skills of
Indian health yoga entail certain dancing philosophies that are similar to principles of
contemporary dance.
Martha Graham introduced contemporary dance, making sure it gained enough fame and
popularity in the world. During her dancing career, her modern dance and choreographies
became known and had remained competent with the work of other legends in entertainment. As
a result, she was privileged to be the first dancer to entertain at the White House earning her a
medal of freedom. Her dancing moves do not only relate to the art geniuses but also influential
Merce Cunningham improved the work of Martha Graham and came up with more
worked together. Merce began his company which besides the initiation of new ideas, the
company continued to inspire more dancing skills on people. The sequence and steps in dancing
became more appealing with more unique techniques during a development of software called
Danceform which created dances on the computer. The styles introduced by the dancing master
Lastly, Lester Horton joins in history for being an inspiring contemporary dance
visionary too. The individual trained many famous dancers who did modern dance. This
incorporated many styles from other dances in Native American dance and modern jazz
introducing dancing techniques of his own. Of course, combining different dancing styles
formed the main philosophies of contemporary dance. Similar to other dancing masters, his
Work cited
Hesmondhalgh, David, and L. Meier. "Popular Music, Independence and the Concept of the
Van Dyck, Edith, et al. "Expressing Induced Emotions through Free Dance Movement." Journal