Modern Dance

form of artistic dance that grew in the West out of an opposition to classical ballet

Modern dance is a dance form developed in the early 20th century. Although the term Modern dances has also been applied to a category of 20th Century ballroom dances, Modern dance as a term usually refers to 20th century concert dance. In the early 1900s a few dancers in Europe started to rebel against the rigid constraints of Classical Ballet. Shedding classical ballet technique, costume and shoes these early modern dance pioneers practiced free dance. In America Loie Fuller, Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, Doris Humphrey and Martha Graham developed their own styles of free dance and laid the foundations of American modern dance with their choreography and teaching.
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Noun
1. a style of theatrical dancing that is not as restricted as classical ballet; movements are expressive of feelings
(hypernym) stage dancing, choreography
(hyponym) interpretive dance, interpretive dancing, interpretative dance, interpretative dancing