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• Contemporary dance


  A popular form of dance that was developed in the early 20th century
• Contemporary dance

  • It's an expressive dance technique composed of a combination of various dances like modern, jazz, lyrical, and classical ballet
• Contemporary Dance

  • Focuses on breathing, alignment, and floor work using gravity like pulling them down to the floor
  • Is against the restrictions associated with traditional ballet
  • Incorporates other art forms, including theater, film, music, and visual arts
• Contemporary Dance


  • Contemporary dancers use variety of modern and classical dance techniques
• Modern Dance


  • Focuses more on the weight of the dancers
• Modern Dance Techniques in Contemporary Dance


  • Cunningham
  • Graham
  • Limon
  • Release
  • Improvisation
• Elements of Contemporary Dance


  • SPACE
  • SHAPE
  • TIME
  • ENERGY
• Cunningham


  A dance technique that focuses on the architecture of the body, named after Merce Cunningham who was a teacher and choreographer. Using this technique, your body will develop strength and flexibility in your spine and legwork.
• Graham


  A dance technique named after Martha Graham. This kind of dance technique concentrates on contraction, release, fall, and recovery. This technique also gives emphasis on floor work using abdominal and pelvic contractions.
• Limon


  A contemporary dance technique named after Jose Limon. This dance technique employs energy in relation to gravity like fall, rebound, recovery, and suspension.
• Release

  An advanced style that focuses on the emphasis of reducing tension in your muscles and joints. It creates easiness in the movement for clarity, fluidity, efficient energy, and breath used while releasing unnecessary tension during movement.
• SPACE

  It is how the dancers should move through space. Moving in space should include your position, size, level, direction, and pathways. For example, if you want to show the level of your movement, you can leap high into the air moving diagonally forward as to your

  direction.
• Shape

  It can be described as how you were able to use your body while dancing.

  You can show this element through the wide, twisted, straight, stretched, and curved movements of your body. For example, if you want to show a curved shape, you can do this by moving your body to the middle level and doing a leap (wide) and crouching down (curved) on the floor.
• TIME

  It is about the use of timing and when to apply actions or movements based on the beats, speeds, intervals, accents, and rhythmic patterns of the music used in

  dance. For example, you can do a gradual or quick twisting movement. You can also do fast or slow leaping movements.
• ENERGY

  This element of dance shows the dynamic quality of the body by using forces, tension, and weight. For example, you can do a free-flowing movement which can be heavy or light, tight or loose.
• Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of contemporary dance?

  a.Improvisation

  b.Emotional expression

  c.Strict adherence to traditional forms
• Which contemporary dance technique emphasizes the idea of "letting go" of tension and allowing movement to originate from the body's natural flow?

  A.Improvisation

  B.Limon

  C.Release
• Which element of contemporary dance refers to the area through which a dancer moves and includes concepts like levels, pathways, and directions?

  A.Space

  B.Time

  C.Energy

  D.Shape
• Who is considered the pioneer of contemporary dance?

  Martha Graham
• Which contemporary dance technique is characterized by its contraction and release movements, as well as the exploration of the psychological aspects of movement?

  Graham
• Which contemporary dance technique focuses on the natural rhythms of fall and rebound as well as employing energy in relation to gravity?

  • Limon
• Which contemporary dance technique focuses on the natural rhythms of fall and rebound as well as employing energy in relation to gravity?

  • Limon
• Which dance technique heavily influences contemporary dance?

  Ballet
• Which contemporary dance technique encourages spontaneity, exploration of personal movement vocabulary, and breaking away from predetermined choreography?

  Improvisation
• Which element of contemporary dance involves the configuration or silhouette of the body and can be described using concepts like curves, angles, and symmetry?

  • Shape
• In a contemporary dance piece where the dancers move with explosive bursts of energy, which element is being highlighted?

  • Energy
• If a dancer performs slow, sustained movements, which element of contemporary dance is being focused on?

  time