CONTEMPORARY DANCE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THEORY AND HISTORY
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If you haven’t read those pages, you might ask something that has already been answered within our website. Please, make sure of at least browsing over them before asking a new question here.
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This search box works only within contemporary-dance.org (our website), and not within the rest of the Web. Just write some of the words that make your question, for example WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY DANCE?, and then click the search button. A new page will open with several results. Now you can read about what you are looking for. It is very possible that you will find the answer to your query.
If after reading the above information you still have a question, please feel free to ask. The only thing I ask in exchange is that you leave me your e-mail address. I will not use it to send you ads or spam. The reason for this is that I have too many submissions. Some of them are about already asked questions, some are out of topic, some need that I contact the submitter, some don’t. I need your e-mails to handle all this questions better, otherwise this is an endless work. So, I will not answer to you if you don’t leave your e-mail address, whether in the notification options or within your message.
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Just remember that this is a website about contemporary dance. If you ask a question about another type of dance, it might not be included on this page or take much longer to be answered.
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Who was ballet first performed for?
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"Danse Sacree et Danse Profane"?
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Modern dance entitled "The Ghost"
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Documents about how movement could be a mystical experience or a transcendental one.
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Architectural tips for designing a dance school
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What is dance criticism?
Maria please, what is the definition for dance criticism, a dance critic and a critique.
What is the purpose of a critique?
The ‘aesthetics of the cool’
What does ‘aesthetics of the cool’ mean?
How to write Feuillet Notation?
Good morning!
I hope your day is going incredibly!
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Dance notation and
how to write it?
Hello!
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Ballet cultural values and ideas
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Relationship between breath and expressivity in dance
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What does UNITY in dance mean?
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Use of space in Sabra and Neil So You Think You Can Dance choreographed by Mandy Moore
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How to define a question for a dance research?
I'm doing a research paper in Language Arts and I can't come up with a question for dance. I want to do it on dance, but what is a dance research question …
Choreographic structure of "Dance of the Blessed Spirits" by Pina Bausch.
Concerning
"Dance of the Blessed Spirits" by Pina Bausch. What structure did Pina Bausch use in this dance segment?
The meaning of GESTURE for contemporary dance
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Is there a grammar for duo/group Dance?
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What is the difference between the kinespheric space and the scenic space?
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Theory concerning a hierarchy of muscle tension
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Difference between modern dance and other dance forms
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What is the difference between contemporary dance
and modern ballet?
Hello, Maria!
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How does Contemporary Dance affect societies?
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Pioneers of Modern Dance for Men
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Lester Horton company
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Is yoga infused in ballet
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Kurt Jooss and Mary Wigman
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British modern dance between 1965 and 1985
British Modern Dance between 1965 and 1985?
Modern dancers
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Topic for BA Honors about contemporary dance
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Good dance literature
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DVD on Modern Dance History (Trailblazers of Modern Dance)
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Where did contemporary dance come from?
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The function of contemporary dance
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Environmental Choreography
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Contemporary... (when did it start?)
What year did contemporary dance start?
History of Modern Dance
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I need help... (General info about contemporary dance)
I have a project on contemporary dancing and I have some questions.
What type of people dance this?
Where was it made?
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The purpose of contemporary dance.
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What is revolutionary in its time?
In relation to contemporary dance, what is revolutionary in its time?
Choreography and musical influences.
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How influential is fashion and music to the development of social and theatrical dance?
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How to analyze a choreographic piece?
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