What is modern dance?
Modern dance is one of the most diverse styles of American dance comprised of various techniques.
Some techniques (most featured in this video) include Horton Technique, Graham Technique, Limon Technique, Post Modern Dance, Cunningham Technique, Taylor Technique, Forsythe Technique, *Contact Improvisations, and more.
Modern dance techniques are created by modern dance pioneers and their students that carry on the artistic practices, philosophy, and choreography.
For this reason, modern dance has been preserved for the past century, and now with technology and video sharing sites such as KZfaq, everyone can experience the beauty of modern dance.
Chapters
0:00 - Introductions
0:07 - 1. Modern Dance Turns
0:09 - 2. Lateral T Turn (Horton Technique)
0:13 - 3. Ronde De Jambe Initiated Turn
0:20 - 4. Chaine Turn Variations
0:25 - 5. Off Balance Pirouette
0:32 - 6. Pencil Turn
0:37 - 7. Sharp Pivot
0:40 - 8. Goal Post Arm Turn (Horton Technique)
0:44 - 9. Fan Turn
0:49 - 10. Head Initiated Turn
1:00 - 11. Leg Spiral to Ronde De Jambe
1:04 Modern Dance Jumps
1:06 - 12. Passe Hop
1:08 - 14. Echappe Jump
1:11 - 14. Graham Hop (Graham Technique)
1:14 - 15. Passe Chug Hop Variations
1:20 - 16. Overhead Passe Hop Release
1:28 - 17. Barrel Jump
1:32 - 18. Suspended Hop
1:35 - 19. Flying Squirrel
1:39 - 20.Helicopter
1:44 - Traveling Modern Dance Moves
1:46 - 21. Step Ball Change
1:52 - 22. Cross Ball Change
2:00 - 23. Zig Zag Pathway
2:03 - 24. Skip Step
2:06 - 25. Modern Dance Triplet Step
2:09 - 26. Modern Dance Pony Step
2:12 - 27. Chug Step
2:14 - 28. Drag Step
2:17 - 29. Circular Running
2:22 - 30. Across the Floor Circular Pathway (Trisha Brown Inspired)
2:28 - 31. Modern Dance Combo 1
2:36 - 32. Modern Dance Combo 2
2:40 - 33. Modern Dance Combo 3
2:44 - 34. Modern Dance Combo 4
2:52 - 35. Modern Dance Combo 5
3:01 - 36. Paul Taylor Run
3:08 - 37. Gallop
3:09 - Modern Dance Balancing Moves
3:11 - 38. Hinge Variation 1
3:15 - 39. Hinge Variation 2
3:24 - 40. Pitching
3:32 - 41. Suspended Passe
3:37 - 42. Passe Slide
3:41 - 43. Bison/Buffalo Contraction (Graham Technique)
3:47 - 44. Temps Lie to Attitude
3:58 - 45. Attitudes
4:04 - 46. Penche Arabesque Variation 1
4:11 - 47 Penche Arabesque Variation 2
4:17 - 48. Lateral T (Horton Technique)
4:19 - 49. Modern Dance Low Leg Passe
4:21 - Modern Dance Rolls
4:22 - 50. Lunge Roll Variation 1
4:27 - 51. Lunge Roll Variation 2
4:32 - 52. Seat Roll
4:38 - 53. Egg Roll
4:46 - Modern Dance Abdominal Work
4:48 - 54. Seat Balance
4:52 - 55. Pleading (Graham Technique)
4:57 - 56. Contraction (Graham Technique)
5:01 - Modern Dance Arm Positions
5:02 - 57-62 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Position
5:10 - 63. Bird Arms (Horton Technique)
5:12 - Modern Dance Tendu Work
5:15 - 64. Parallel Tendu
5:19 - 65. Temp Lie
5:24 - 66. Horton Walks (Horton Technique)
5:35 - 67. Tendu Release Throw
5:47 - 68. Battement
5:53 - Modern Dance Leg Work
5:53 - 69. Parallel Plie
5:57 - 70. Plie Turn
6:01 - 71. Plie Second Contraction
6:06 - 72. Parallel Plie Contraction
6:12 - 73. Leg Kicks
6:16 - Modern Dance Back Work
6:19 - 74. Standing Body Waves
6:26 - 75. Seated Body Wave
6:35 - 76. Seated Spinal Twist
6:38 - 77. Standing Spinal Twist
6:41 - 78. Standing Spinal Rotation
6:48 - 79. Sway Rock
6:55 - 80. Standing Spinal Flexion
7:01 - 81. Roll Down
7:10 - 82. Bounces (Graham Technique)
7:15 - Modern Dance Upper Body Work
7:17 - 83. Standing Arm Circles
7:23 - 84. Arm Rotators
7:33 - 85. Drop Swing
7:38 - 86. Drop Swing with Jump
7:42 - 87. Arm Swing w/ Lunge
7:58 - 88. Arm Variation
8:06 - Leg Swings and Leg Circles
8:08 - 89. Ronde De Jambe
8:13 - 90. Leg Swing
8:21 - 91. Ronde De Jambe Hop
8:23 - Isolations and Melts
8:25 - 92. Head Isolation
8:33 - 93. Body Melt
8:39 - Flat Back Series
8:41 - 94. Standard Flat Back
8:54 - 95. Lateral Flatback
9:03 - Other Skills
9:05 - 96. Arm Variation 1
9:10 - 97. Arm Variation 2
9:15 - 98. Gestures
9:20 - 99. Yoga-Modern Dance Fusion
9:33 - 100. Improvisation Demonstration
9:55 - Video Outro
If you would like to learn any specific moves please let me know down below.
This video is intended to be a reference resource for coaches, creatives, and creators seeking ideas and inspiration for tutorials, choreography, art reference drawing, skill growth, curriculum building, exercise sequencing, and more.
I would love to know how many of these fun skills do you know? what was the most interesting? What were the most challenging skills?
Keep dancing, moving, and learning!