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The United States of America is the home of the hip hop dance, swing, tap dance and its derivative Rock and Roll, and modern square dance (associated with the United States of America due to its historic development in that country—twenty three U.S. states have designated it as their official state dance or official folk dance) and one of the major centers for modern dance.
The book was written by former The New York Times dance critic Joseph H. Mazo was published by William Morrow and Company in 1977. [1] The book details the history of modern dance, starting with Loie Fuller and ending with Twyla Tharp. The book's dust jacket says that "it makes American modern dance comprehensible, approachable, accessible ...
With clear pioneers, pupils and principles, modern dance began to emerge as a distinctly American art form to be taught and developed throughout the country and continent. [citation needed] Later choreographers searched for new methods of dance composition. Merce Cunningham (1919–2009) introduced chance procedures and composition by field.
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Dance in the United States — in the performing arts and American popular culture The main article for this category is dance in the United States . Subcategories
Lynn Theresa Garafola (born December 12, 1946) is an American dance historian, linguist, critic, curator, lecturer, and educator. A prominent researcher and writer with broad interests in the field of dance history, she is acknowledged as the leading expert on the Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev (1909–1929), the most influential company in twentieth-century theatrical dance.
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Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... African-American dance (3 C, 50 P) C. Country dance (6 C, 9 P) N.