CONTEMPORAR

Y & SOCIAL
DANCE
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
• It is a style of expressive dance that
combines elements of several dance genres
including modern, jazz, lyrical and classical
ballet. It is strive to connect the mind and the
body through fluid dance. It is a popular form of
dance which developed during the middle
portion of the twentieth century and has since
grown to become one of the dominating
performance genres for formally trained dancers
throughout the world, with particularly strong
popularity in the U.S. and Western Europe.
PIONEERS IN
CONTEMPORAR
Y DANCE
MERCE
CUNNINGHAM
• April 16, 1919 – July 26, 2009
• Earned highest honors “National
Medal of Arts”
• Considered to be the first
choreographer to “develop an
independent attitude towards
modern dance”.
• He formed the “Merce
Cunningham Dance Company” in
1953
• He created more than 150 works
for the company.
MERCE CUNNINGHAM’S KEY IDEAS:
• Refuse the classical ballet’s key technique in favour of
modern dance’s stress on the torso
• Not necessarily narrative from of art
• Choreography that appears disorder, but nevertheless
relies ion technique
• Unpredictable changes in speed, rhythm and direction
• Multiple and simultaneous actions
• Creative freedom
• Independence between dance and music
• Dance to be dance, not analyse
ANGELA ISADORA
DUNCAN
• May 27, 1878 – September 14, 1927
• American dancer who performed to
acclaim throughout Europe
• Born in California, lived in Western
Europe and the Soviet Union
• Known as “the Mother of Dance”
• was an American and French dancer who
performed to acclaim throughout Europe.
• Duncan began her dancing career at a
very early age by giving lessons in her
home to neighborhood children, and this
continued through her teenage years.
• Her unique vision of dance clashed with
the popular pantomimes of theater
companies.
MARTHA GRAHAM
• May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991
• Biggest awards “Presidential Medal Of Freedom”,
other award “Kennedy Center Honors”
• She was influenced by her father, a doctor who used
physical movement to remedy nervous disorder
• She established her own dance company in New
York City.
• She was an American modern dancer and
choreographer
• She danced and taught for over seventy years
• Graham was the first dancer to perform at the White
House, travel abroad as a cultural ambassador, and
receive the highest civilian award of the US:
the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction
• Graham technique pioneered a principle known as
"Contraction and Release"
GENRES OF
CONTEMPORA
RY DANCE
GENRES OF CONTEMPORARY
DANCE
• Lyrical Hiphop
• Jazz
• Interpretative
• Classical Ballet
LYRICAL HIP
HOP
• It is meant to tell a story, resulting in the
fusion of an expressive dance style, and
a beat hitting dance style.
• Combination of two dance styles: lyrical
and Hip-hop
• Lyrical: is a dance style highly
influenced by emotions and lyrics of a
song.
• Hip-hop: a vernacular style of dance
with four key elements: Bboying
(breakdance), MCing (Rapping), Graffiti,
and Djing.
JAZZ DANCE
• It encompassed any dance done
by the jazz music, including both
tap dance and jitterbug.
• Power dance
• Turns, leaps, flexibility and line of
the body
• Proper execution
INTERPRETATIVE
DANCE
• It seeks to translate
human emotions,
conditions, situations or
fantasies into movement
and dramatic expression,
or else adapts traditional
ethnic movements into
more modern
expression.
CLASSICAL
BALLET
• It is known for its aesthetics and rigorous
technique (such as pointe work, turnout of legs,
and high extensions), its flowing, precise
movements, and its ethereal qualities.
• Ballet d'action, also known as narrative ballet or
story ballet  
 Story ballet- is a form of ballet that has
a plot and characters
 Plotless Ballet is just ballet movement.
There is no story line or "point" to the dance
it's self. The dancers show theatricality
(expression decided by the dancer,based
on how they see the dance.)  The dancers
usually wear tight costumes like leotards,
and body suits. They wear beige pointe
shoes.

 
FUNDAMENTAL POSITIONS IN
BALLET
FUNDAMENTAL FEET POSITION IN
BALLET
BASIC STEPS
IN BALLET
PLIÉ
• It means “bent” or “bending,” and is
when one or both knees are bent
while legs and feet remain turned out,
and are done in first, second, fourth
and fifth positions.
• Demi plié is a small bend of the knees
while heels are on the floor which
creates a diamond shape.
• Grand plié is a large bend of the
knees during which heels are raised
off the ground in a motion that
mimics a “frog stretch.”

grand plié
ARABESQUE
• It is when the dancer stands on
one leg with the other leg
extended behind the body. The
arms can be held in a variety of
positions. Regardless, the goal of
the arabesque is to create as
smooth seamless a line as
possible with the body, from the
shoulders through the arms and
down to the toes of the extended
leg.
PIROUETTE
• Pirouette is a 360 degree spin made
on one foot that is en pointe or demi-
pointe, and is frequently begun from
fourth position. The move requires
strong core alignment and balance,
and, as Balletdancersguide.com
stated, “are the mastering ballet move
which every dancer is undoubtedly
always trying to figure out how to
improve.”
ROND DE JAMBE
• Rond de jambe means “round of
the leg.” It is when the dancer rests
on one leg and makes a circular
movement with the other leg. It
may be done “à terre,” which
means the circle is made while the
foot is touching the ground, or “en
l’air,” which means the circle is
made in the air.
 
SOCIAL
DANCE
SOCIAL DANCE
• Social dances and dance mixers are
dances intended primarily to get to
know other people in attendance to a
certain social function. They are also
called ballroom dances. They are
usually performed in pairs, male and
female, but may also be performed
in groups. Social dances are
classified into two major
classifications namely the Latin
American Dances and the Modern
Standard Dances.
SOCIAL DANCE
• Social Dances are communal dances performed in
social gatherings in any given space. Latin
American Dances include the salsa, mambo,
meringue, swing, cha-cha-cha, rumba, samba, jive,
boogie, and paso doble. Latin are somewhat
revealing, tight-fitting, sexy yet sophisticated in
nature. They are freer and can be performed in
close or open hold. While the Modern Standard
Dances include the slow waltz, tango, Viennese
waltz, foxtrot and quickstep. Standard dances on
the other hand, wear formal, ankle-length gowns for
females and coat-and-tie for males
Cha- cha- cha
• Cha-cha-cha is one of the Latin dance
rhythms that have been integrated
into more American pop music. It is
originated in Cuba and became
popular about 1954. The dance was
described as a “Mambo with a guiro
rhythm”.

• Footwork
Basic Forward Step
a. Step Pattern: Slow, Slow, Quick, Quick,
Quick
b. Count Pattern: 2, 3, cha-cha-cha
Rumba
Rumba which is a contemporary
ballroom dance of Afro-Cuban-
Caribbean folk dance origin and
became internationally popular in the
early 20th century is an erotic dance.
The music is written in 4/4 time, 4
beats to a bar of music, and each
beat should be given its full value.
Footwork
Basic Forward Step
a. Step Pattern: Quick, Quick, Slow
b. Count Pattern: 1, 2, 3, 4
Jive
In Latin dancing, the jive is a
dance style that originated in
the United States from
African- Americans in the
early 1930s. it was
popularized in 1934 by Cab
Calloway. It is a lively and
uninhibited variation of the
Jitterbug, a form of Swing
dance.
Popular Dance
A burgeoning interest in popular dance came to the fore in the
2001 winter edition of Dance Research Journal, which was
devoted to ‘social and popular dance’. That an entire issue
centred on dance practices situated outside the hallowed
ground of the theatre dance canon indicated a nascent shift in
dance studies towards an increasingly relativist position. In the
introduction, editor Julie Malnig (2001) comments that the
dances which fall within this category reveal a wide range of
forms, skill levels, degrees of professionalism and
performance contexts.
KPO
P
KPOP is short for Korean
popular music. It is
a genre of popular music
originating in South Korea. It is
influenced by styles and genres
from around the world, such
as Pop, rock, jazz, gospel, hip
hop, R&B, reggae, electronic
dance, folk, country,
and classical on top of
its traditional Korean
music roots.
Fad dances or Dance Craze
Novelty and fad
dances are dances which
are typically characterized
by a short burst of
popularity. Some of them
may get longer-lasting
life.They are also
called dance fads or dance
crazes.
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