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In modern dance there are no general rules. Each work of art creates its own language. In the 1920's and 1930's choreograghers virtually reinvented dance. It is perhaps significant that the two nations in which modern dance took strongest hold, America and Germany, were nations who had no celebrated ballet companies, a situation that led ambitious dancers to experiment with new forms. The new forms in early modern dance tended to emphasize the angular asymmetries of motion, as opposed to ballet were movements are mostly rounded and symmetrical. The result was that early modern dance tended to be fierce. It's exponents disdained frills, preferring to look earthy rather than conform to stereotyped ideals of grace. |
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