The start of modern dance

Loie Fuller - Loie fuller was a dancer of the 1800-1900's, that rebelled against ballet in her own way by dancing with no shoes on, in a way that was completely different to what the audiences of then knew of and had never seen before. It wasnt all about standing perfectly and placing each movement, it was much more free flowing and unbound in a sense it looked more enjoyable to perform.

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Isadora Duncan- Isadora Duncan was a friend of Loie Fuller who was also a great influence in the formation of contemporary dance dance (then known as modern dance) she bought a flamboyant style inspired by greek and egyptian art to contemporary dance.

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Ruth St. Denis - Ruth St. Denis was also a friend of Loie Fuller, she bought to Modern Dance, a quite erotic style for back then, which was a very new thing for the audience. St. Dennis was greatly influenced by indian and different cultures, her style of dance was barefoot, flirty and flamboyant and very eastern, not at all western.

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Ruth St. Denis married a dancer Ted Shawn in 1914 and they created a dance school named Denishawn which trained iconic contemporary dancers Martha Graham and Dorris Humphrey.