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Modern dance - Legacy of Modern dance

The legacy on Modern dance can be seen in lineage of 20th century concert dance forms. Although often producing divergent dance forms many seminal dance artists share a common heritage that can be traced back to free dance.

Modern dance - Postmodern and Contemporary dance

Both Postmodern dance and Contemporary dance built upon the foundations laid by Modern dance and form part of the greater category of 20th century concert dance. Where as Postmodern dance was a direct and opposite response to Modern dance, Contemporary dance draws on both modern and postmodern dance as a source of inspiration.

see also: Postmodern dance, Contemporary dance and 20th century concert dance

Modern dance - lineage 20th century concert dance

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Modern dance - teachers and students

This list illustrates the basic teacher / student links in modern dance. For more detailed information see the individual artists entries.

• Loie Fuller

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• Isadora Duncan - Duncan technique

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• Ruth St. Denis
  • Ted Shawn - Shawn Fundamentals
  • Denishawn (school and company)
    • Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman - The Art of Making Dances (Humphrey)
      • Humphrey-Weidman school - Humphrey-Weidman technique (fall and recovery)
        • José Limón - Limón technique
    • Martha Graham - Graham technique (and Louis Horst)
      • Erick Hawkins (via George Balanchine) - Hawkins technique
      • Anna Sokolow
      • May O'Donnell
      • Merce Cunningham - Cunningham technique (also see Postmodern dance)
        • Yvonne Rainer
      • Paul Taylor
        • Twyla Tharp

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• Lester Horton
  • Alvin Ailey

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• Rudolf Laban
  • Kurt Jooss (see Ausdruckstanz)
    • Pina Bausch (see Tanztheater)
  • Mary Wigman (see Expressionist dance)
    • Hanya Holm
      • Alwin Nikolais - decentralization
        • Murray Louis

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• Émile Jaques-Dalcroze
  • Marie Rambert

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• Katherine Dunham Katherine Dunham Technique

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• Pearl Primus
  • Garth Fagan

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• Helen Tamiris
  • Daniel Nagrin

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