modern dance

A biography of Martha Graham, one of the most influential and successful artists in the world of modern dance.

Three young dancers present some modern dance vocabulary--objects, actions, directions, sizes, shapes, feelings, and ideas.

Examines the history and development of modern dance, looks at the characteristics of the style, and provides information on choreography, performance and presentation, costumes, makeup, and music. Includes feature boxes and photographs.

Explains what modern dance is and how it differs from other kinds and forms of dance.

Covers the history of modern dance including information on performers and performances of the past as well as the work of major dancers and choreographers from the 1980s to the present day.

Provides step-by-step, illustrated directions for one hundred dance moves, including the grapevine, air guitar, the hand jive, the pogo, and others.

Profiles the careers of nine pioneers of American modern dance, and includes many black-and-white photos.

A hand-drawn biography of pioneering modern dancer Isadora Duncan, covering her youth in California during the late nineteenth century, her influence on dance as a fine art, her rise to popularity in Europe, the scandal and controversy that followed her, and her shocking death.

Traces the career of American choreographer Twyla Tharp, focusing on the role she has played in the development and transformation of modern dance.