Contemporary

Contemporary,is the beginning of the 20th century in western deeloped and classical ballet dance of relative made associations. Its main aesthetic viewpoint is opposed to classical ballet how stuck-in-my-own-ways, from a life and essien phenomenon seeking pure skills of formalism tendency, advocate get rid of classical ballet too rigid action program with the fetter, conforms to the laws of natural movement dance moves, free to express your true feelings, emphasize people dance art to reflect modern social life.

Basic introduction

It is the most distinctive feature reflect modern western social contradictions and people's psychological characteristics of so called the modern dance. American modernism dancer Helen · tommy nice summarized modern dance was distinctive for its: "does not exist universal law, each artist are to create your own code."

Its founder and acknowledged to be the American dancer Isadora Duncon (1877 ^ - 1927), she thinks classical ballet of practice can damage the body deformity development. She yearned for primitive simplicity and natural pure, advocates "dancer must make body and soul, combining physical movement must development for the soul of natural language," sincerely, naturally to express my feelings.

System for modern dance sent to establish a more complete theory and training system, is a Hungarian RudolfVonLaban (1877-1968), he created a called the laws of nature, human motion training methods constitute the classified into "cut, pressure, and rushed, twist, sliding, blinking, point hit, float" etc. Eight elements, think correctly handle the relationship between each element, can form various action. He created the "Laban dance spectrum" still for the world's most influential one of dance spectrum.

During the same period with Duncan j Ruth St Denis dancer ^ (1877-1968) is the pioneer of modern dance, her wide absorbed Egypt, Greece, India, Thailand and Arab countries dance culture, formed a kind of mysterious Oriental, the performance of a kind of religious spirit of modern dance. Her students Marthe Graham (1894-1991) is a contemporary outstandidng representative of modern dance, she argues that human since have beauty are ugly, love, hate, there is good, evil, so dance cannot just praise good and kind, also should show sin, remorse and envy, so she special emphasis on using the cover the behavior of people dancing the coat unwrap a, "revealed an internal". She also created a set dance skills, known as the "graham skills". In recent decades, this genre dancers of each development, formed many different styles and artistic advocate factions, some in the dance of innovation and development of made great achievements, while others totally against the early modern dance sent the basic ideas and art advocates, away from the objective social reality, development to the fantastic, grotesque, obscure point, for the general audience can understand and accept.

Development situation

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The end of the 19th century, the European classical ballet seeking pure form and skill tendency is more and more serious, not only affects the entire dance art development, but also hindering its own development. The content and subject matter still stay in myth, the prince and princess, within the scope of the distance and real life, become more dance reflect social life of huge obstacle. It is in this crisis, modern dance arises at the historic moment.

Freely dance

At first appeared in the "freedom" Duncan dance. Strictly speaking, Duncan's dance is not modern dance. She advocate natural, inherited late romantic "return to the nature" slogan. She take off shoes and tight dance outfit, follow one's inclinationsly, give freely dance Europe WuTan brings a shares fresh simple wind, for modern dance produce prepared thought conditions. And with her contemporaries, musicians and dancers e. Jacques - central darfur grams lodz "optimal rhythm" and R.v p&on Laban's "space coordinate law" is for modern dance produce prepared theory conditions. Especially Laban, he fully discussed their physical and mental activity rules, muscle relaxation and tension, action coordination and theoretical issues such as dance space.

Laban's students m. dimension lattice mann put his theory, through creative practice became dance works, make modern dance theory more specific. Laban - dimension lattice mann this modern dance pie is called expressionist modern dance, emphasize the feel first. Dimension lattice mann dance and one of the most striking features, is trying to cut dance music from belongs to the relationship, establish no music dance. She thinks, only to music "dictatorship" in revolt, just can produce "free to dance". Before the second world war, with vascular lattice led by Germany WuTan Raman modern in the world until it was the center of modern dance. Afterwards because the Nazi regime and the opposition of the modern dance in Germany was banned, and center turned America.

St denis contribution

But modern dance in American development is tortuous, modern dance pioneer Duncan and r. st denis are not in the United States but in Europe first recognized and success. When they were on the other side of the Atlantic fame grew only after cause americans attention. America has its own traditional dance culture, modern dance once accepted, and immediately valued, almost as its native dance culture.

St denis of modern dance contribution is not only created a kind of Oriental colour, abound mystique of modern dance, to the American commercial strong artistic brings deep religious and philosophical ideas, But also established modern dance in her school has cultivated a outstandidng representative of modern dance.

Graham and Humphrey

In st denis in the student, m. graham, d. Humphrey became the representative of modern dance, especially graham, and her name has become almost synonymous with modern dance. Although they are holy Dennis student, but is not the teacher's successor, and with the identity of the betrayer walking their art road. Humphrey think st denis that exotic dancing cannot reflect the human spirit. She according to the basic principle of human motion set up their own art theory and technology principle, be in fall and rise again, balance and imbalance between constitute dancemovement rule. As a man in violence down before are sure to support up against them, these movements can contain human conflict connotation. So she works mostly symbolic significance. Humphrey from external form against their teacher, graham is from human more deep psychological form up against the holy Dennis artistic conception. Therefore her dancing has "psychological dance pie," said. Graham emphasize dance shall objectively performance beliefs about ourselves, "dance should unwrap a who conceals a human behavior coat", "revealed a inner man". She is in "lavinia" in, performance because of worries, pain, make the person's body distortion and convulsion, is she on human "mind of illustration". Her technical theory center is breathing. She studied human body in shout and absorbing the form between change believe dancer can use breathing promote body rotation, jumping and fall, props up. She's early works have been controversial, and considered too dark, sexy, but she finally became the highest, enjoys a good reputation the longest, affect plays, films, TV and other fields of the generation of WuRen.