DANC 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Serenade, Contemporary Ballet, Pas De Deux
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Isadora duncan: mother of modern dance, early greek art, nature inside herself, she danced barefoot, she made a tunic out of her mother"s curtains, she founded schools in paris munich and moscow, bach, bethoven, shoppade, schubert. No one made dances to these composers: her daughter ad son in 1913 died in an auto accident. Honia holme was her assistant: she choreographed for broadway. Rst choreography for my fair lady and kiss me kate. Started a school in california : denishawn: combined last names of denis and shawn (ted shawn was her lover: doris humphrey and grahn were part of denishawn. Shows video of aire from the g- string (weird name) by yohan bach: janet is in the video. You have a certain amount of space to cover so you must walk the correct amount of steps, and the scarfs they wore was 30 feet long. Dance can teach you relationships with yourself, other people and the outside.