Modern Dance- The Pioneers
This week we move on to the world of Modern Dance. We have several pieces to view this week. Please read Chapter 6 in your text book and review the attached Prezi. Please turn in your Journal Entry questions by Monday October 28th at 10am.
***Please read your text book and review this week’s Prezi BEFORE viewing the clips below. It will give you more context for viewing and aid your journal entry responses.
Modern Dance: The Pioneers
The Beginning
Isadora Duncan
Loie Fuller
Ruth St. Denis
Ted Shawn
Charles Weidman
Martha Graham
Doris Humphrey
Erick Hawkins
Jose Limon
Please view the following Isadora Duncan lectures:
Lori Belilove dancing Isadora Duncan:
Mary Wigman, German Expressionist Movement:
Ted Shawn:
Doris Humphrey- Water Study, 1928
New Dance by Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman:
Jose Limon and Dance Company:
http://search.alexanderstreet.com.mutex.gmu.edu/view/work/416099
Journal Entries:
Why do you think Isadora’s barefoot, earthy style was so different from anything the dance world had seen before?
2. Choose one piece from what we viewed this week and explain how it is different from the classical and contemporary ballet that we have been studying.