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modern dance Definition

☆ modern dance

noun

a form of dance as a performing art, variously developed in the 20th cent. by Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, Martha Graham, etc., and characterized by bodily movements and rhythms less formalized than in classical ballet and less firmly bound to predetermined musical form

modern dance Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • perform: The girls come on in short hoop skirts and perform some rather unimpressive modern dance in a pool of light.