Article: Heritage? ... What heritage? (Attitudes).(preserving modern dance pieces)(Brief Article)

THERE WERE TWO TRULY IMPORTANT TRENDS IN DANCE DURING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. THE FIRST--THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN DANCE AND ITS GROWTH, AT FIRST IN THE UNITED STATES, THEN LATER WORLDWIDE, as a distinct form of theatrical dance and an alternative to the classic ballet--is self-evident. The second is not so obvious. It is simply the acceptance of choreography as an art form in its own right. It was the difference between talking about Mikhail Fokine's Petrushka rather than Igor Stravinsky's Petrushka. It was the elevation of the choreographer to the position of prime artist in his or her right rather than the earlier concept of the choreographer, or dance arranger, as an ...

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