Contemporary Dance

Who's Dancing

• Contemporary Dance is a dance for all people.
• It used to be a stick figure image.
• It was about women and how the man made them look good, now men have huge roles as well.
• Contemporary dance is about emotion, a lot of people dance to feel.

Music

• Music depicts the type of emotion expressed.
• They play different sounds and noises to help with the story.
• Music helps the dancers to feel the beat

Costume

• Specific to color, shape and ornament of the dancer
• Emphasis of movement and image
• Shoes are an option they are not required
• Expression of the dancer
• Simple or Extravagant.

Movement Qualities

• Improvisation
• Defy rules of Ballet
• Continuous linkage of dancers
• Structure of dance comes from the emotion they are portraying
• Without empathy there is not an understanding between dancers.

Audience

• They want to feel something and be connected
• The audience influences the dance.