1. Modern Dance Where did this movement originate from. No… Ms
Modern Dance Where did this movement originate from? No… Ms. Gross did not make this stuff up! It exists and is very alive. Modern and Jazz Dance companies are very prevalent in Chicago

2. The Industrial Revolution :
Where did this begin?
The Industrial Revolution :
s (approx.)
*Time of transition
*People moving to the cities
*Silent film
*Light Bulb
*Things become more accessible

3. What was happening in the Visual Art World?
Impressionism: Bright colors; recreation of the impression of light on objects in return changed ways objects appeared
Starry Night by: Vincent Van Goh
Art Nuveau: Decorative Art symbolizing natural shapes…
Lewis B. Tiffany created the Tiffany Lamp

4. What was happening in the Music World?
Francois Delsarte: Musician/Composer; created the mentality that emotion creates motion; how you feel = how you dance
Emile Jacque Dalcroze:
Music visualization; manifesting sound and rhythm of what you are hearing; What you hear resides in the body

5. What was happening in the Dance World?
Randolph Van Leban: Invented labanotation which was a way to score and document sequenced dance
Ballet was happening at Metropolitan Opera
Marius Petipa was making statements in Ballet
Only other dancing was Skirt Dancing at Gentlemen’s Clubs (early days of Burlesque)

6. Modern Dance here we come…
Loie Fuller: s
Skirt Dancer
Appeared in Wild West Shows
Smoked Cigars and was rather bold in appearance
“I’m the reason you all are barefoot! You can thank me later”
*Serpentine Dance

7. Modern Dance here we come…
Fuller presented Skirt Dancing at The World’s Fair (technology and scientific advances presentation)
Iconic Performance: “Dance Luminescence”
Used stage lighting to light herself; gas light and glass which created Impressionism
Brought presence and personality to the stage and was able to create something appealing to the nuveau artists
She embraced technology and created something new

8. Modern Dance here we come…
Fuller became known as “Loie the Mechanical”
She danced barefoot
Dance became known as interpretive dance
still precursor to modern dance
Not much technique involved; not developed…
BUT A NEW WAY OF THINKING!!

9. Who came after Loie Fuller?
Isadora Duncan
Skirt Dancer from San Francisco
Member of the Fuller Dance Troupe
Influenced by the artist Michelangelo
found our bodies to be living sculptures and was fascinated by this idea
She possessed some similarities to Ballet in her presentation of being lifted, but danced barefoot and broke the mold of a Ballet dancer

10. Who came after Loie Fuller?
Ruth St. Dennis
Spiritual in dancing
Saw a poster of the Goddess Isis and decided that she wanted to embody that image
Met a man named Ted Shawn and formed a famous partnership which resulted in a school (Denishawn School)
The two eventually had future students (, Wigman,Humphrey, and Graham who became HIGHLY influential in the dance world)

11. Mary Wigman Modern Dance was Born!
One of the most influential creators of modern dance
She felt that you could draw “spirits” in by dance
Highly influenced by Rudolph Van Labon
Created a school to start to codify movement
Students and protégés were starting to come out from these schools and create

12. Doris Humphrey Modern Dance was Born!
First person to write about making Modern Dances
“Art of Making Dance”
Created the idea of “Fall and Recovery” in movement

13. Martha Graham Modern Dance was Born!
Used deep psychological themes in her creations
She was a bit crazy!!
Her early pieces always had a story line and were emotional
Contraction and Release movement
Spiraling into the floor

14. Modern Dance was Born!
Schools were formed and dancers started growing into artists at these schools
So many famous choreographers came from these roots and different styles emerged
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING… you could take a whole class in this history

15. So what about Modern Dance today?
It has evolved from these vary roots
Modern dance is a whole melting pot of things
Codified Techniques examples: Graham and Horton
Contemporary has derived from Modern Dance
Chicago is filled with this movement!