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Labanotation
Labanotation (the grammatically correct form "Labannotation" or "Laban notation" is uncommon) is a system for analyzing and recording human movement. The inventor was Rudolf von Laban (1879-1958), a central figure in European modern dance, who developed his notation ideas on movement in the 1920s. -
Rudolph Von Labon
Rudolf von Laban, also known as Rudolf Laban, was an Austro-Hungarian dance artist, choreographer and dance theorist. He is considered one of the pioneers of modern dance in Europe and the "Founding Father of Expressionist dance". -
Butoh
Butoh is a form of Japanese dance theatre that encompasses a diverse range of activities, techniques and motivations for dance, performance, or movement. Following World War II, butoh arose in 1959 through collaborations between its two key founders Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno. The art form is known to "resist fixity" and be difficult to define; -
The Judson Church
Judson Dance Theater was a collective of dancers, composers, and visual artists who performed at the Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village, Manhattan New York City between 1962 and 1964. The artists involved were avant garde experimentalists who rejected the confines of Modern dance practice and theory, inventing as they did the precepts of Postmodern dance. -
Twayla Tharp
Twyla Tharp is an American dancer, choreographer, and author who lives and works in New York City. In 1966 she formed the company Twyla Tharp Dance. -
Pina Bausch
Philippine "Pina" Bausch was a German dancer and choreographer who was a significant contributor to a neo-expressionist dance tradition now known as Tanztheater. Bausch's approach was noted for a stylized blend of dance movement, prominent sound design, and involved stage sets, as well as for engaging the dancers under her to help in the development of a piece, and her work had an influence on modern dance from the 1970's forward. -
Pilobolus
Pilobolus is an American modern dance company that began performing in October 1971. Pilobolus has performed over 100 choreographic works in more than 64 countries around the world, and has been featured on the 79th Annual Academy Awards, -
Steve Paxton
Steve Paxton is an experimental dancer and choreographer. His early background was in gymnastics while his later training included three years with Merce Cunningham and a year with José Limón. As a founding member of the Judson Dance Theater, he performed works by Yvonne Rainer and Trisha Brown. He was a founding member of the experimental group Grand Union and in 1972 named and began to develop the dance form known as Contact Improvisation. -
Cloud Gate
Cloud Gate is the name of the oldest known dance in China. In 1973, choreographer LIN Hwai-min adopted this classical name and founded the first contemporary dance company in the greater Chinese-speaking community -
Push Comes to Shove
The central male character introduced in the prelude carries the easy ragtime feeling throughout the work. He serves as a master of ceremonies, leading his company of dancers in Haydn’s Symphony No. 82. Tharp had previously created works for her modern dance company that wedded classical and popular music styles, but Push Comes To Shove marks the first such work ever presented by a major ballet company. -
Rosa Dance Rosas
Rosas danst Rosas is unequivocally feminine: four female dancers dance themselves, again and again. The exhaustion and perseverance that come with it create an emotional tension that contrasts sharply with the rigorous structure -
DV8 Physical Theatre
DV8 Physical Theatre is a physically integrated dance company based at Artsadmin in London, United Kingdom. It was officially founded in 1986 by Lloyd Newson, Michelle Richecoeur and Nigel Charnock. -
Acherland
Achterland (1990) is a seminal choreography in Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s oeuvre. This was the first dance material that she wrote specifically for men. -
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Anne Teresa, Baroness De Keersmaeker is a contemporary dance choreographer. The dance company constructed around her, Rosas, was in residence at La Monnaie in Brussels from 1992 to 2007. -
Moon Water
"Moon Water" is one of dances performed by Cloud Gate Dance Theater Theater in Taiwan. Choreographed by Lin Hwai-min, it is the second piece of the “Spiritual Journey” series. This work is inspired by Buddha’s teaching: emptiness like flowers in the mirror or moon in the water. The premier took place at Taipei National Theater, Taipei, Taiwan on November 18, 1998. -
Strange Fish
Strange Fish is all about couples and coupling, but exclusively heterosexual and ordinary ones. It focuses on the female part of the union -
In the Upper Room
Set to a pulsating score by Philip Glass, In the Upper Room is a signature work for Twyla Tharp, which contrasts the power and energy of modern dance with the speed and aerial dexterity of a more classical language. -
Cost of Living - DV8
DV8 Physical Theater was formed in 1986 by dancer and choreographer, Lloyd Newson -
Beyond the Metaphors of Mirrors
As by tradition, the six male performers, together with the butohmaster, Amagatsu who mainly performs as a soloist, are fully covered in white talc and have cleanly shaven heads as they perform the seven sequences of KAGEMI. -
Vollmond (Full Moon)
The work shimmers-literally-as water runs in manic rivulets over a giant rock, rushes across the stage, and rains down, drenching the dancers. -
Sankai Juku
Sankai Juku is an internationally known butoh dance troupe. Co-founded by Amagatsu Ushio in 1975, they are touring worldwide, performing and teaching. As of 2010, Sankai Juku had performed in 43 countries and visited more than 700 cities.
