the innovators for contemporary dance, that is merce cunningham, even martha graham, alvin ailey and a lot of others had never studies classical ballet, so they couldnt be rebelling against it!!!! it was just a new way of being creative!! i study both, full time, and i dont believe one rebels the other, they are just different. classical ballet is emotive too! i feel more emotion doing classical ballet, though i see myself being a contemporary dancer, so its too hard to put a label on the two!
it is A ballet in that it is a narrative story in several acts, performed to music, no speaking, all thorugh dance, however it is not classical ballet, it is modern dance.
Contemporary dance I feel has a stigma - its always assumed that a contemporary piece of dance should 'look' aesthetically a certain way, for example a new look of ballet. But in fact, 'contemporary' means new, check out Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, Mark Morris, Pina Bausch... x
the costumes are PINK sugar cakes in material form ;-)
1963amw 1 year ago
how could i describe their costumes its for my work?
Mellissa130 1 year ago
@MollandMillshow i am pretty sure that is the Chinese tea music
SoPhIaSPARKLES 1 year ago
Décor sublime !
Merci pour cette petite partie de ce grand ballet !
Grandiose et beau !
Thank you very much for posting
xanglat 1 year ago
what song is used in the marshmallow dance?
MollandMillshow 2 years ago
Oh you!!!! But yeah banana your right. This is sooooo cool though!
chicken007fillet 3 years ago
the innovators for contemporary dance, that is merce cunningham, even martha graham, alvin ailey and a lot of others had never studies classical ballet, so they couldnt be rebelling against it!!!! it was just a new way of being creative!! i study both, full time, and i dont believe one rebels the other, they are just different. classical ballet is emotive too! i feel more emotion doing classical ballet, though i see myself being a contemporary dancer, so its too hard to put a label on the two!
1bunhead2 3 years ago
it is A ballet in that it is a narrative story in several acts, performed to music, no speaking, all thorugh dance, however it is not classical ballet, it is modern dance.
matthew bourne describes it as dance theatre.
1bunhead2 3 years ago
dont forget paul taylor!
classics!
1bunhead2 3 years ago
Contemporary dance I feel has a stigma - its always assumed that a contemporary piece of dance should 'look' aesthetically a certain way, for example a new look of ballet. But in fact, 'contemporary' means new, check out Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, Mark Morris, Pina Bausch... x
Stardancer120781 3 years ago