KnowraModern danceLinked fromLinked fromThe 38 pages that link to Modern dance, each with the reason it gives.All 38Broader topic 1Related 7Narrower topic 18Compared with 12Martha GrahamNarrower topic: Graham became one of the defining choreographers of this wider tradition.Isadora DuncanNarrower topic: Duncan's expressive approach helped establish the wider tradition that became modern dance.Vaslav NijinskyNarrower topic: Nijinsky’s choreographic experiments became reference points for later challenges to ballet convention.Contemporary danceNarrower topic: Contemporary dance inherits modern dance’s expressive priorities and experimental approach.Ruth St. DenisNarrower topic: St. Denis helped establish this field through choreography, performance, and teaching.DenishawnNarrower topic: Denishawn became an early institutional force in the American modern-dance lineage.Doris HumphreyNarrower topic: Humphrey helped establish modern dance as a distinct American concert tradition.Ted ShawnNarrower topic: Shawn’s work helped shape this broader American dance tradition.Alvin AileyNarrower topic: Ailey worked within modern dance while bringing its movement vocabulary into dialogue with Black cultural expression.Katherine DunhamNarrower topic: Dunham adapted modern dance while expanding its movement vocabulary and cultural sources.Maya DerenNarrower topic: Its emphasis on expressive movement informed Deren’s approach to bodies on film.Charles WeidmanNarrower topic: Weidman’s movement and choreography belong to this wider dance tradition.Mary WigmanNarrower topic: Wigman’s expressive choreography helped expand modern dance in Europe and influenced its later practitioners.Loie FullerNarrower topic: Fuller’s experiments with expressive movement and stage image helped widen dance beyond ballet traditions.Maurice BéjartNarrower topic: Béjart’s work belongs to a wider movement that expanded ballet’s movement and subject matter.Rudolf von LabanNarrower topic: Laban’s artistic work helped shape European modern dance and its expressive movement practices.Expressionist danceNarrower topic: Expressionist dance became one of modern dance's defining European currents.Carmen de LavalladeNarrower topic: Her work with Lester Horton and Alvin Ailey placed her within modern dance.
KnowraModern danceLinked fromLinked fromThe 38 pages that link to Modern dance, each with the reason it gives.All 38Broader topic 1Related 7Narrower topic 18Compared with 12Martha GrahamNarrower topic: Graham became one of the defining choreographers of this wider tradition.Isadora DuncanNarrower topic: Duncan's expressive approach helped establish the wider tradition that became modern dance.Vaslav NijinskyNarrower topic: Nijinsky’s choreographic experiments became reference points for later challenges to ballet convention.Contemporary danceNarrower topic: Contemporary dance inherits modern dance’s expressive priorities and experimental approach.Ruth St. DenisNarrower topic: St. Denis helped establish this field through choreography, performance, and teaching.DenishawnNarrower topic: Denishawn became an early institutional force in the American modern-dance lineage.Doris HumphreyNarrower topic: Humphrey helped establish modern dance as a distinct American concert tradition.Ted ShawnNarrower topic: Shawn’s work helped shape this broader American dance tradition.Alvin AileyNarrower topic: Ailey worked within modern dance while bringing its movement vocabulary into dialogue with Black cultural expression.Katherine DunhamNarrower topic: Dunham adapted modern dance while expanding its movement vocabulary and cultural sources.Maya DerenNarrower topic: Its emphasis on expressive movement informed Deren’s approach to bodies on film.Charles WeidmanNarrower topic: Weidman’s movement and choreography belong to this wider dance tradition.Mary WigmanNarrower topic: Wigman’s expressive choreography helped expand modern dance in Europe and influenced its later practitioners.Loie FullerNarrower topic: Fuller’s experiments with expressive movement and stage image helped widen dance beyond ballet traditions.Maurice BéjartNarrower topic: Béjart’s work belongs to a wider movement that expanded ballet’s movement and subject matter.Rudolf von LabanNarrower topic: Laban’s artistic work helped shape European modern dance and its expressive movement practices.Expressionist danceNarrower topic: Expressionist dance became one of modern dance's defining European currents.Carmen de LavalladeNarrower topic: Her work with Lester Horton and Alvin Ailey placed her within modern dance.