Interpretive dance

For the TV episode, see Interpretive Dance (Community).
Women's interpretive dance class, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1949

Interpretive dance is a family of modern dance styles that began around 1900 with Isadora Duncan. It used classical concert music but marked a departure from traditional concert dance, as a rebellion against the strict rules of classical ballet.[1][2][3] It seeks to translate human emotions, conditions, situations or fantasies into movement and dramatic expression, as opposed to following a specific dance style or telling a linear story. It may also adapt traditional ethnic movements into more modern expressions.[4]

  1. ^ Making Music For Modern Dance. Oxford University Press. p. 33–. ISBN 978-0-19-991148-6.
  2. ^ Elizabeth Kendall (1979). Where She Danced: The Birth of American Art-dance. University of California Press. pp. 182–. ISBN 978-0-520-05173-7.
  3. ^ Selma Jeanne Cohen (1 April 2011). The Modern Dance: Seven Statements of Belief. Wesleyan University Press. pp. 4–. ISBN 978-0-8195-7093-2.
  4. ^ "Interpretive Dance by Nadia Hava-Robbins, MA". www.snowcrest.net.