... similarities in the seemingly improvisational aspect of their techniques. Alvin Ailey was another dancer-choreographer with a great impact on modern dance. Founder of the internationally renowned Alvin Alley Dance Theater, his beginnings in dance came from the Lester Horton Dance Theater. From 1949 to 1954, he was involved with the company. Horton died in 1953, and Ailey rose ... unique combination of jazz, ballet, ethnic, and modern dance. He received the Capezio Award in 1979 for his contribution to dance. Pina Bausch was an unconventional German actress, dancer, choreographer, and dir...

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... a choreographer, dancer, company director, and video/filmaker of modern dance. As a result of his varied education and love for dance, he was able to create a type of modern dance that many people have accepted. Mercier Philip Cunningham was born April 16, 1919 in Centralia, Washington. His first dance teacher, Madame Maude Barrett showed him her love of dance, which inspired him to continue with it, she was ... at the American School of Ballet. The best way to describe Merce Cunningham's dance is, just as modern is an alternative to ballet, his dance is an alternative to traditional mode...

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Merce Cunningham's Points in Space The era of modern dance signaled a time when people were experimenting with the components of dance. Modern dance began to become respected through the United States, a new respect for the dancer who tried to express themselves as individuals. A man named Merce Cunningham pushed the limits of experimentation and asked new questions of what dance is and what we should expect it be ... . He removed the emotion of the dance, which was considered radical for ... , like flipping a coin. He said, "Chance can reveal to a choreographer a way of combining movements th...

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... Arthur, Texas. When growing up he wanted to become a minister, but gave it up because the church forbid music and dancing, and he loved to dance. In 1942 he ended up studying pharmacy at the University of Texas. Between the years of 1942 and 1944 he was drafted, and served in the U.S. ... he came back to the states Robert Rauchenberg moved in to a studio in New York. Robert Rauchenberg started to intensify his work for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in the years of 1954-65. Robert would move once again to another studio in the where h! e would meet an Artist that would in ... Europ...

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... Arthur, Texas. When growing up he wanted to become a minister, but gave it up because the church forbid music and dancing, and he loved to dance. In 1942 he ended up studying pharmacy at the University of Texas. Between the years of 1942 and 1944 he was drafted, and served in the U.S. ... he came back to the states Robert Rauchenberg moved in to a studio in New York. Robert Rauchenberg started to intensify his work for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in the years of 1954-65. Robert would move once again to another studio in the where h! e would meet an Artist that would in ... Europ...

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