modern dance

noun

1. a form of contemporary theatrical and concert dance employing a special technique for developing the use of the entire body in movements expressive of abstract ideas.

modern dance

noun

1. a style of free and expressive theatrical dancing not bound by the classical rules of ballet

Word History and Origins

Origin of modern dance¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

NBA player Iman Shumpert and his partner did a modern dance as the Tethereds from Us, and it was similarly disturbing and artistic.

From The Daily Beast

The overarching context is the covid-19 death of David’s first wife and Lucy’s mother, Rose, a tempestuous choreographer who founded a celebrated modern dance company.

From Washington Post

An entire nation’s cultural history portrayed via modern dance.

From The Daily Beast

After much thought and reflection, I have decided to pursue my first loves--modern dance and the xylophone.

From The Daily Beast

Or Sarah Lawrence College, where White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel studied modern dance.

From The Daily Beast

In a way peculiar to itself the modern dance imperils health.

From Project Gutenberg

For in the nature of the institution the modern dance affects in all these particulars those whom it reaches.

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Then, in strange incongruity, there came again the wild, fantastic rhythm of a modern dance tune.

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Owing to the relation of the modern dance to the sex nature it would usually be wiser to discuss it before single sex audiences.

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The modern dance craze has brought a lot of informality into a heretofore very proper Chicago.

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