Modern Dances
Modern Dances:
Contemporary
Modern
Lyrical
Contemporary
Contemporary dance originally evolved from classical, modern and jazz dances, but its latest version also takes over elements from other dances. His focus is on controlled foot technique and strong torso movement, contraction-relaxation technique, tillage and improvisation. What makes it interesting is the sudden changes in direction, speed and rhythm.
A combination of several dance genres. Expression of status, not the accumulation of elements, but the dance connections are important.
Contemporary dance is a style of expressive dance that combines elements of several dance genres, including modern, jazz, lyrical and classical ballets. Contemporary dancers strive to connect the mind and body through fluid dance movements.
It can also contain acrobatic elements (even capuera) for music that expresses a contemporary emotional state.
Modern
All modern ballet technics (Graham, Limón, Horton, Cunnigham, Alexander, jazz-dance and art jazz style. It is characterized by separate use of body parts (isolations), vigorous use of the upper body (contraction-release), parallel positions, rhythmic games.
It is not obligatory to tell a story, but the harmony of dance and music is important. Let's build the choreography on the dynamics of the music, have a dramaturgy, include the rotations and jumps characteristic of the given dance technique!
Lyrical
With the same dance techniques as in the Modern category, but here the music is subtle, soft, romantic - the atmosphere of the race or even the lyrics inspired by it. It is characterized by continuity and fluctuations.
It is important to include the jumps and rotations that are typical of dance technique.
It is not obligatory to tell a story, but the harmony of dance and music is important. Let's build the choreography on the dynamics of the music, have a dramaturgy, include the rotations and jumps characteristic of the given dance technique!
Dancer dances the given song, music, its message, lyrics and emotional world. Different dance technique can be used, most notably modern-contemporary-jazz-ballet. It is softer and finer in its movements than e.g. the contemporary, but also dynamic and flowing, fluent, flow-like, free, passionate, emotional.
