Modern Dance is a free, expressive style of dancing started in the early 20th century as a reaction to classical ballet. In recent years it has included elements not usually associated with dance, such as speech and film.
In 1958, Alvin Ailey founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to present his vision of honoring Black culture through dance.
Ballet Hispánico is a contemporary dance company that fuses multiple styles of dance together.
Think and respond to these questions:
What year was Ballet Hispánico created?
What style of dance does Ballet Hispánico perform?
How would you describe the energy of the movement?
Combining stunning acrobatics, striking visual effects, physical comedy, and inventive choreography, Galumpha transforms three human bodies into one floating, flying, and gravity-defying piece of art. Galumpha calls on imagination, muscle, and merriment to create a sensory feast of images, turning the human body into shapes and structural forms that seem to break all the laws of physics. In this video, Galumpha talks about inspiration, show how they create their art, and how they approach safety.