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Spectacle > Performing arts > Dance > Modern dance

Preferred term

Modern dance  

Definition

  • Any of the styles and techniques of dancing, intended for independent presentation, which have grown up during the 20th c. as an alternative to the strict disciplines of classical ballet [New Grove]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Contemporary dance
  • DANCE, MODERN
  • DANCING, MODERN
  • Interpretive dance, modern
  • MODERN DANCING
  • Theatrical dance, modern

Notation

  • 113315

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-SRSXDQQR-4

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