{"id":3047,"date":"2021-10-31T15:19:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T13:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disco.teak.fi\/tanssin-historia\/?p=3047"},"modified":"2025-11-17T17:26:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:26:50","slug":"chapter-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disco.teak.fi\/tanssin-historia\/en\/chapter-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Expressions of Dance Modernisms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A wide variety of expressions of modernisms developed in different forms of dance worldwide. In the West, modernisms extend from the canon of white modern dance to various forms of Afrodiasporic and Pan-African modern dance, left-wing revolutionary dance or dance in cabarets, and many new social dances. From the outset, these modern dances were highly transnational, interacting across national borders and genres as dancers travelled to tour and train. In addition, many artists worked in different environments, deliberately disregarding differences between \u201cart\u201d and \u201centertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"toc-subloop\">\n<details class=\"toc-item\"><summary>\n      <h2 class=\"toc-title\"><a href=\".\/developments-of-dance-modernisms-from-the-20th-century-onwards\/\"><span>Riikka Laakso: <\/span>Developments of Dance Modernisms from the 20th Century Onwards<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/summary><ul>\n<li>Multiple Modernism<\/li>\n<li>Early 20th Century Body and Dance<\/li>\n<li>Cabaret and Charleston as Expressions of Modernism \u2013 Josephine Baker<\/li>\n<li>Flourishing Dance of the Weimar Republic<\/li>\n<li>Weimar Cabaret<\/li>\n<li>Free Dance, Dance Education and Movement Choirs \u2013 Rudolf Laban<\/li>\n<li>Laban\u2019s Theories and Labanotation<\/li>\n<li>Dynamic Body and Space \u2013 Mary Wigman<\/li>\n<li>Mary Wigman\u2019s Methods and International Influence<\/li>\n<li>Dance in National Socialist Germany<\/li>\n<li>Early Dance Theatre \u2013 Kurt Jooss<\/li>\n<li>Interaction Across the Atlantic \u2013 Hanya Holm<\/li>\n<li>Development of White Modern Dance in the United States<\/li>\n<li>Revolutionary and Leftist Dance \u2013 Anna Sokolow<\/li>\n<li>Dance between Individual and Group \u2013 Doris Humphrey<\/li>\n<li>Doris Humphrey\u2019s Theory of Choreography<\/li>\n<li>The Mythical Martha Graham<\/li>\n<li>Martha Graham\u2019s International Success: Psychoanalysis, Fascism, Nationalism<\/li>\n<li>Martha Graham\u2019s Artistic Collaborations<\/li>\n<li>Graham Technique<\/li>\n<li>Conclusion<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/details>\n\n<details class=\"toc-item\"><summary>\n      <h2 class=\"toc-title\"><a href=\".\/hellerau-and-transnational-modern-dance\/\"><span>Johanna Laakkonen: <\/span>Hellerau and Transnational Modern Dance<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/summary><ul>\n<li>From Rhythmic Gymnastics to Dance<\/li>\n<li>Forgotten Hellerau<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/details>\n\n<details class=\"toc-item\"><summary>\n      <h2 class=\"toc-title\"><a href=\".\/afrodiasporic-and-pan-african-modern-dance\/\"><span>Hanna V\u00e4\u00e4t\u00e4inen: <\/span>Afrodiasporic and Pan-African Modern Dance<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/summary><ul>\n<li>Danced Protests against Violence<\/li>\n<li>Afrodiasporic Aesthetics<\/li>\n<li>Pan-African Modern Dance<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/details>\n\n<details class=\"toc-item\"><summary>\n      <h2 class=\"toc-title\"><a href=\".\/merce-cunningham-65-years-of-rethinking-choreography-and-artistic-coexistence\/\"><span>Riikka Laakso: <\/span>Merce Cunningham: 65 Years of Rethinking Choreography and Artistic Coexistence<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/summary><ul>\n<li>Dance, Movement, Technique<\/li>\n<li>Chance, Methods, Technology and Decision<\/li>\n<li>Music, Costume, Stage<\/li>\n<li>Conclusion<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/details>\n\n<details class=\"toc-item new\"><summary>\n      <h2 class=\"toc-title\"><a href=\".\/pioneering-african-modern-dance-germaine-acogny\/\"><span> Jana Unm\u00fc\u00dfig: <\/span>Pioneering African Modern Dance: Germaine Acogny<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/summary><ul>\n<li>Navigating Africanness and the Francophone dance field<\/li>\n<li>Mudra Afrique: institutionalisation of Pan-African modern dance and its pedagogy<\/li>\n<li>Technique Acogny: codified dance language<\/li>\n<li>\u00c9cole des Sables: a transnational meeting point for contemporary African dance<\/li>\n<li>Choreography and artistic collaborations<\/li>\n<li>The nexus of politics and art: L\u00e9opold Senghor\u2019s Senegalese N\u00e9gritude and Germaine Acogny\u2019s modernism<\/li>\n<li>Conclusion<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/details>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wide variety of expressions of modernisms developed in different forms of dance worldwide. 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