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Isadora Duncan ( 1878-1927)
Called the Founder of Modern dance for the Western Hemisphere. Isadora wanted to create a free form of dance, differs from the conventions of classical ballet. Referred to as "The Mother of Dance" -
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Dance Lineage Timeline
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Isadora D. Death
Duncan was the passenger in an Amilcar CGSS automobile, She was wearing a long hand-painted silk scarf that became entangled around the open-spoked wheels and rear axle, pulling her from the open car and breaking her neck. -
DENISHAWN School and company
Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn create DENISHAWN School and company. Know for combining the passionate charisma of Saint-Denis with the technical rigor of Shawn. -
Asadata Dafora Horton
He was a Sierra Leonean multidisciplinary musician, one of the first Africans to introduce African drumming music to the United States. -
Asadata D. Company - Shogolo Oloba
(later renamed the Federal Theater African Dance Troupe) It strove to portray African culture in a complex and sophisticated light, not just an exotic and primitive manner. Used native African dancers and trained them in African dialects as well as performance techniques.Dafora was the first to successfully stage African ritual in a Western-style stage production. -
Asadata D - Kykunkor
Dafora created Kykunkor (The Witch Woman), a successful musical/drama production using authentic African music and dance and is considered one of the pioneers of black dance in America. -
Charles Weidman And Doris Humphrey
It is within the Denishawn that Humphrey associates with the dancer Charles Weidman and the pianist Pauline Lawrence to create the Humphrey - Weidman company that ran from (1927 – 1944). -
Doris H retirement
In 1944, she stops dancing because of arthritis and José Limón, who has joined the Humphrey-Weidman group since 1928, creates a new company for which she continues working as an artistic director. -
Doris H. Release technique
Humphrey develops an original dancing technique by observing the relationship between gravity and the human body. She establishes a main physical principle for dance: Fall and Recovery. Het technique also involves weight, rebound, suspension and the importance of breath. -
Jose Limon company founded
In 1946, he founds the Limon Dance Company and debuts in 1947. Jose Limon acquires his bases for dance technique from Doris Humphrey. Charles Weidman teaches him pantomime and expression. -
Martha Graham contribution
She creates an original choreographic vocabulary focused on the movement of the pelvis for she privileges this part of the body as the zone of expression of the feminine libido.Focus on the ‘center’ of the body, Coordination between breathing and movement, Relationship with the floor, The alternation between two movement intentions: “contraction and release”. -
Alvin Ailey
Founded Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, his main influence being Lester Horon -
Asadata D. - Returns to Sierra L.
Where he became the cultural director of the newly independent nation. His contributions to the dance world influenced many future artists, especially African American artists such as Pearl Primus and Katherine Dunham. -
Revelations- Alvin Ailey
His most famous choreography is entitled “Revelations” (1960) and is considered a master piece that gathers his most renowned aesthetical choices: lyricism, use of ethnic music (negro spirituals in the case), Graham technique, spirituality and revolutionary ambience. -
Asadata D.
died in hospital at Harlem, New York, on 4 March 1965. -
Hanya Holm contributions
Holm had a unique form of technique that shaped generations of dancers including Alwin Nikolais, Mary Anthony, Valerie Bettis, Don Redlich, Alfred Brooks and Glen Tetley. Her technique stressed the importance of pulse, planes, floor patterns, aerial design, direction, spatial dimensions, freedom, flowing quality of the torso and back, but remained based on universal principles of physics for motion. -
Hanya H. rewards
Holm was honored by the National Dance Association, in 1976, with the Heritage Award for her contributions to dance education. She was inducted into the National Museum of Dance's Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame in 1988. -
Graham's company recognition
Martha Graham’s company is worldwide recognized till the point of being invited by Rudolph Nureyev to the Paris Opera. -
Martha Graham's Death
She dies in New York in 1991, leaving the Martha Graham Dance Company and School as a legacy which remains as an invaluable patrimony for the dancer's community. -
Hanya H. Death
died at the age of 99 of natural causes on November 3, 1992 in New York City. -
Aiyana Martin!!
I was Born! -
Aiyana's first dance classes
At the age of 5, Aiyana took her first ballet & tap classes. Dislikes them both. She then takes jazz and modern and falls in love with these two styles. & also finds a connection with praise dance from being involved in church. -
Aiyana becomes inspired
At the age of 7, I saw the dance "Revelations performed by AA, I was inspired and decided I wanted to dance seriously from that point on -
2012- Aiyana went to performing arts school
Began attending The Chicago Academy for the Arts as a dance performance/choreography focused student. -
Aiyana graduates high school & Goes to college!
Currently attending Virginia Commonwealth University as a Dance & Choreography Major! -
2020- BYEEE/RUN ME MY DEGREE
Aiyana Graduates!!