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Experimental Dance
Hello to all dance lovers who have accidentally or intentionally entered this site!
Maybe you just want to learn how to dance a little bit. Maybe you want to advance high in dancing, as, for example, did the Tallinn dancer Alisa Tsitseronova, who was applauded by Jennifer Lopez herself. Or maybe you dream of dancing strange dances as participants in the OPEN YOUR MIND competition? In any case, the movement of the experimental dance may be interesting for you.
Experimental dance is a dance movement with non-standard music and unusual beats, but what makes this style unique is that every movement, even the smallest one should be full of meaning : you’re creating a story through experiment.This dance type takes on no specific form or style. It is interactive in the sense that it asks the audience to take a step back from their busy every day lives and engage in something out of the ordinary. Each choreographer tells a different story, which every observer absorbs in a different manner. You are in complete control of your experience.
In this century, and increasingly in recent years, the world of dance has been trans- formed by new techniques and choreo- graphic styles, new attitudes and ap- proaches, and also, by new relationships with the other arts: music, painting, sculp- ture, film and theatre.
If you would like to know more about experimental dance you can read the book “Experimental dance” by Percival John. This book sets out to illuminate some of the ideas and activities which have brought about this transforma- tion. Experimental Dance is primarily con- cerned with what is happening now, but current events are shown as firmly rooted in the work of pioneers like Isadora Duncan and her contemporaries, while the account of the ballet Relâche mounted in Paris in 1924 shows that the existence of an avant- garde is nothing new in the dance world. Experiment is not confined to those who abandon classical ballet altogether, so Ashton, Balanchine, Cranko, MacMillan Robbins, Tudor find a place side by side with Cunningham, Graham, Nikolais, Tay- lor and Tetley. Composers like John Cage and artists such as Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg are equally relevant. And although some of the great names of the dance world inevitably dominate this account, the author deals also sympatheti- cally and in detail with many less well known creators, in many countries on both sides of the Atlantic, who have something valuable of their own to contribute. Frequently the words of the choreographers, composers and designers themselves are used to explain their purposes and make their actions clear. Over 90 exciting illustrations.
You can also read an article on the development of contemporary experimental dance in the United States.
Or learn how Justin Jones reflects on experimental or postmodern dance as an experience of endless processes in his article "Experimental Dance: The Universe Unlocked".
And DanceMagazine offers you a real guide to dancing - experimental work for the first time.