- True form of Contemporary dance began to arise in the 1900's.
- Contemporary dance arose from its ancestors of ballet and modern dance.
- Merce Cunningham and Martha Graham were some of the first choreographers of contemporary dance.
- Cunningham ~ first to "develop an independent attitude towards modern dance and the artistic work."
- Meant for dancers to embrace freedom and ignore conventions.
- Contemporary brings together many other practices.
- Classical
- Modern
- Jazz
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