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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 Beginnings of Modern Dance - The Beginnings of Modern Dance Developed in the 20th cent., primarily in the United States and ...
modern dance: Bibliography - Bibliography See autobiographies by I. Duncan (1927, repr. 1972) and R. St. Denis (1939); ...
modern dance: The Combining of Forms - The Combining of Forms By the late 20th cent., distinctions among modern dance, ballet, and show ...
modern dance: Later Dancers - Later Dancers By the end of World War II, young choreographers had begun breaking the rules of the ...
modern dance: The Second Generation in America - The Second Generation in America At the end of the 1920s those who rebelled against the art nouveau ...

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