Understanding Dance

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"...a self-conscious break with the past and a search for new forms of expression" - Merriam-Webster

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CONTINUUM Contemporary/Ballet

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Improvisation

"...movements that are created spontaneously by the dancer." - Dance National Arts Centre | Dance 101

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Classical Ballet

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Dance is bigger than the physical body. Think bigger than that. When you extend your arm, it doesn’t stop at the end of your fingers, because you’re dancing bigger than that: you’re dancing spirit.

Judith Jamison

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"…an interest in the Classical past as a means to understanding changes in the contemporary world" - Stephen Little | ISMS: Understanding Art

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"the principles or style embodied in the literature, art, or architecture of ancient Greece and Rome" - Merriam-Webster

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"…a theory that involves a radical reappraisal of modern assumptions about culture, identity, history, or language" - Merriam-Webster

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George Balanchine | Neoclassical Ballet

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Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker | Postmodern Dance

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Alonzo King | Contemporary Ballet

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Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.

Martha Graham

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Bob Fosse | All The Jazz "You Better Change Your Ways"

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Jiri Kylian | European Contemporary Dance

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Mister Rogers Breakdancing

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William Forsythe | Contemporary Ballet

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Romantic Ballet

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