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Originated in the mid-20th century in the US, combining theatrical jazz, popular jazz, and Broadway styles.
Rooted in African-American traditional dances such as ragtime, Charleston, Lindy Hop, and mambo.
Term "jazz dance" encompasses various dance forms, often unrelated to jazz music.
Became popular in the 1940s, referencing choreographies of Bob Fosse and Jerome Robbins in both Broadway and Hollywood productions.
Combines diverse dance forms with origins in African and Celtic dances and classical ballet techniques.
Basic turns include spins, jazz turns, chains, stimulates, and ballet jumps.
The "jazz walk" combines elements of both jazz and ballet techniques.
Exaggerated quality stems from its entertainment origins.

Blends ballet and jazz, choreographed to music with lyrics to evoke intense emotions.
Focuses on the dancer's movement and expression of emotions like love, joy, hurt, and rage, rather than flawless technique.
Relatively new art form combining jazz, modern, ballet, rock, folk, pop, and alternative music for emotional expression.
Often accompanied by traditional African dance forms, allowing dancers to express powerful emotions through movements.
Gaining popularity due to its passionate nature and expressive techniques.
Dancers utilize space for graceful movements, including towering spins, walks, and jumps.
Lyrical dancers use beautiful gestures and hold their steps, engaging the audience.

Art form centered around human movement, presented theatrically on stage with lighting, scenery, and props.

Combination of various dance genres, including modern, jazz, lyrical, and classical ballet.
Expressive style where dancers strive to connect the mind and body through fluid movements.
Term "contemporary" describes a genre developed in the mid-20th century and still popular today.

Emphasizes flexibility and spontaneity, unlike ballet.
Dancers focus on floorwork, often barefoot, using diverse musical genres.
Organic, expressive form allowing dancers to convey emotions and stories through varied movements.

Pioneers of modern dance, such as Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, and Merce Cunningham, challenged ballet's restrictions and promoted freedom of movement.
Cunningham often considered the founder of contemporary dance, while Graham pioneered ballet.

Developed between 1900 and 1950 by pioneers like Martha Graham, focusing on movement, breathing, and muscle contraction and release.
Dancers from the 19th century, like Delsarte, Fuller, and Duncan, challenged ballet standards by emphasizing physical and emotional expression.
Alvin Ailey, a student of Martha Graham, brought African American aesthetics into contemporary dance while maintaining connections to earlier methods.

Dance has a significant impact on Philippine society, from ballet to ancient tinikling.
Evolved with the rise of modern dances like ballet and folkloric dances like pandanggo, cariñosa, and subli.
Filipino dancing gained international popularity through organizations like Bayanihan Dance Troupe and Ramon Obusan Dance Troupe.
Filipino organizations like Ballet Philippines, Philippine All Stars, and Jabbawockeez have achieved recognition in jazz, hip-hop, and ballet.
Five women, Francisca Reyes-Aquino, Leonor Orosa-Goquingco, Lucrecia Reyes-Urtula, Alice Reyes, and Ligaya Fernando Amilbangsa, played a crucial role in promoting Filipino folk and modern dance.

Incorporates a wide range of styles, including ballet, modern, and "post-modern" (structureless) dance.
Modern dancers create characters, dramatic situations, or stories through original creations or improvisation.

One of the most beautiful artistic genres, allowing expression of any feeling or emotion.
The ability to create art can be inherent or learned later in life.
Modern dance is common in music, moving quickly, slowly, forcefully, gracefully, loudly, quietly, violently, or still.
Movement in any direction, pace, and with any emotion is possible, making it beneficial for physical and mental health.
In Danny Kaye's "Choreography", movements are exaggerated to highlight the function of modern dance steps and gestures, showcasing the differences between modern and traditional dance styles.
Modern dances like "Americaine" and "Radha" differ significantly from traditional dances like "Denishawn" and "Pilobilus."

###Modern Dance: Beyond the Basics

Ballet movements form the basis of modern dance training.
Contemporary interpretive movements are introduced into modern dance, resembling the freedom of early dance forms.
Modern dance instruction requires close connection between teachers and students' mental imagery, translating into physical movements.
Focus on actual body weight rather than forced energy for movement is a modern dance trend.