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modern dance

modern dance, serious theatrical dance forms that are distinct from both ballet and the show dancing of the musical comedy or variety stage.

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modern dance: The Combining of Forms - The Combining of Forms By the late 20th cent., distinctions among modern dance, ballet, and show ...
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Dancing out of communism: while Czech modern dance has grown (with the help of western influence) into a dynamic field twenty years after the fall of communism, its contemporary goal should be to find its own unique voice, and for that matter, uniquely Czech voice.(CULTURE)(Report) (The New Presence: The Prague Journal of Central European Affairs)

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The New Face of Chinese Dance.(The Guangdong Modern Dance Company)(Critical Essay) (World and I)

Angels "Rewolt!": Jewish Women in Modern Dance in the 1930s. (American Jewish History)

Dance Jam Kids: Spreading Modern.(ODC Dance Jam youth modern dance company)(Brief Article) (Dance Magazine)

Stubborn Dance in L.A.(modern dance has little success in L.A.)(Brief Article) (Dance Magazine)

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