History of Modern Dance

Modern dance is mainly a style of Western concert dance which loosely began from the late 19th century and early 20th century. Modern dance, which the birthplace is in the United States as well as Germany, which had a great direct response to Ballet as the Primary form of concert dance. Modern dance refused some aspects of 'Classical Ballet' and broke away from codified movements and balletic narrative structures.

Early pioneers like Martha Graham, gave modern dance a encompasses a wide range of styles, which many are now associated with renowned schools and masters. There are over a thousand types of  Modern Dance including from  the Graham and Horton techniques.

Finally, Postmodern dance had rejected the formalism of the modern dance and put its on elements such as Performance art, Contact improvisation, floor work, release-technique and improvisation.