Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

modern dance: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Photos

Three dancers perform an intricate lift on stage in Twyla Tharp's modern dance Catherine Wheel, with one dancer held horizontally as others support and balance her.
puppet-style modern dance-drama based on the Ramayana
See All Images →

Related Topics and References

Topics
Dig Deeper: More Articles That Discuss This Topic

Key People

Martha Graham
Martha Graham
American dancer
Isadora Duncan dancing in an amphitheatre in Athens, photograph by Raymond Duncan, 1903.
Isadora Duncan
American dancer
Doris Humphrey
Doris Humphrey
American dancer
Kyle Abraham
Kyle Abraham
American dancer and choreographer
Michael Flatley
Michael Flatley
American dancer
default image
Anna Sokolow
American choreographer and dancer
default image
Michio Ito
Japanese choreographer
default image
Mark Morris
American dancer and choreographer
Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp
American dancer and choreographer
Ruth St. Denis as Radha, 1908.
Ruth St. Denis
American dancer
Merce Cunningham poses on a wooden floor in a patterned bodysuit, seated with one leg bent and his arm raised, gazing thoughtfully into the distance.
Merce Cunningham
American dancer and choreographer
default image
Charles Weidman
American dancer
default image
Yvonne Rainer
American choreographer and filmmaker
Alwin Nikolais
Alwin Nikolais
American dancer and choreographer
Katherine Dunham
Katherine Dunham
American dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist
Helen Tamiris.
Helen Tamiris
American dancer and choreographer
Paul Taylor and Bettie de Jong
Paul Taylor
American dancer and choreographer
Jooss in The Green Table, c. 1935
Kurt Jooss
German dancer and choreographer
Shawn in Frohsinn
Ted Shawn
American dancer
José Limón
José Limón
Mexican-born American dancer

Related Quizzes

Isadora Duncan, ink on paper by Edmond van Saanen Algi, 1917; in the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
All About Dance Quiz