Tag: ‘George Balanchine’

• A Very Brief History of Ballet

  To give context for the Modern dancers and choreographers I’m surveying (see previous posts), I’m gathering some information about the history of ballet—which was perceived as the antithesis to Modern dance, until choreographers began synthesizing the two streams in the latter half of the 20th century. This division has broken down over the last few decades, [...]

  posted in Dance tagged ballet, George Balanchine, Louis XIV, Modern dance

• An Introduction to Modern Dance

  After a prolonged period of delighting in the occasional film or performance of contemporary dance (especially the work of Mark Morris) while bemoaning my lack of knowledge of the broader context of dance in the 20th century, I’ve begun an intensive self-directed crash course in the history of Modern dance. I’ll be pursuing this study through the [...]

  posted in Dance, Modern tagged documentary film, George Balanchine, Isadora Duncan, Katherine Dunham, Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, Modern dance, Ruth St. Denis, Twyla Tharp