“If nobody comes to your shows, then it's modern dance. If everybody comes to your shows and no one likes it, is that ballet? I don't know.” IfsKnowsShowsModernLikesBalletModern Dance Author:Mark Morris
“For the first time since I began acting, I feel that I've found my place in the world, that there's something out of my own culture which i can express and perhaps help others preserve..i have found out now that the African natives had a definite culture a long way beyond the culture of the Stone age...an integrated thing, which is still unspoiled by western influences...I think the Americans will be amazed to find how many of the modern dance steps are relics of African heritage.” ThinkingWorldWayFeelsFirstsLongStillsI CanHelpingAgeCultureFoundMy OwnActingStepsInfluenceModernFirst TimeStonesWesternHelping OthersPreservesHeritageDefiniteAmazedLong WayIntegratedPlaces In The WorldRelicsStone AgeModern DanceDance Steps Author:Paul Robeson
“The modern dance is no dance in the first place, and when you've finally learned it, it's not modern any more.” FirstsModernDanceModern Dance Author:Evan Esar
“Kun-Yang Lin is a young Taiwanese choreographer with strong American modern dance roots. (His) New York debut at the Cunningham studio were notable for their craft and sturdy spirituality.” YoungSpiritualityStrongModernNew YorkRootsStudiosCraftsNotableDebutChoreographersSturdyYangModern DanceCunninghams Author:Jennifer Dunning
“I was used to dancing, but only when someone told you what to do. So in the nightclub I was all over the place, I combined everything. Street dance, modern dance, a bit of jazz and ballet, I was Twyla Tharp, I was Alvin Ailey, I was Michael Jackson. I didn't care, I was free.” CareUsedBitsStreetsModernDancingJazzBalletNightclubsModern Dance Author:Madonna Ciccone
“I attended Professional Children's School in Manhattan because my ballet and modern dance schedules were intensive and had started to interfere with regular school hours.” ChildrenSchoolHoursModernBalletInterfereSchedulesManhattanModern DanceSchool Hours Author:Essence Atkins
“You know I very much respect Yvonne Rainer, she is very important - in American dance, the entire development of modern dance, and creating a wonderful physical language.” KnowsImportantLanguageWonderfulModernDevelopmentCreatingModern Dance Author:Marina Abramovic