Seven perspectives of modern dance
Abstract
The relevance of this research is connected with an attempt to supply the national science of ballet with new sources of information applied to theory and history of modern dance. The author translates some parts of Selma J. Cohen’s book The Modern Dance: Seven Statements of Belief (1966), which has not been published in Russia before. The analysis of a palette of American choreographers’ opinions about modern dance, including their production approaches is made by means of a comparative method of research. The article contains fragments from essays by Jose Limon, Anna Sokolow, Erick Hawkins, Donald McKayle, Alwin Nikolas, Pauline Koner and Paul Taylor. The author comes to a conclusion, that modern dance is endlessly variable phenomenon and a special type of choreographic art. Modern dance is a particular point of view on functions of art in modern world.
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Vinogradova O.A. Seven perspectives of modern dance. Bulletin of Vaganova Ballet Academy. 2017;(4):146-154. (In Russ.)
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