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February 23, 2011

Modern Technique

Martha Graham "Mother of Modern Dance"

Isadora Duncan

Partner Work

Modern also calls for some partner work and lifts: 

Partner Lift

 Because modern dancing is expressive, it calls for many abstract/interpretive poses.

This also requires strenght for many controlled falls and jumps (similar to ballet technique & flexability).
Falls, Jump, & Poses


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  1. ChrisAnonymouslyMarch 2, 2011 at 4:23 PM

    That is outstanding...
    I don't know why graceful dancing such as this has been overwritten (In terms of popularity) by the primitive form of modern dance.
    Such as how music has slightly "de-evolutionized."

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