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Modern dance

noun

A style of theatrical dancing that is not as restricted as classical ballet; movements are expressive of feelings.

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"Modern dance" Quotes from Famous Books

... later years, Henry unhesitatingly considered the most miserable period of his existence. There may be times when a man who is past his first youth feels more unhappy and ridiculous than when he is taking a course of lessons in the modern dance, but it is not easy to think of them. Physically, his new experience caused Henry acute pain. Muscles whose existence he had never suspected came into being for—apparently—the sole purpose of aching. Mentally ...

— The Man with Two Left Feet - and Other Stories • P. G. Wodehouse

... dance which is now sweeping the country the writer offers the following as the basis of an entirely new and original dance, strictly national in character and full of that quaint old rustic, not to say aboriginal, grace which distinguishes modern dance-music.] ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Jan. 29, 1919 • Various

... the day when the German waltz was first introduced to polite society. And it is safe to say that some of our austere granddames would feel righteously indignant if they were suddenly brought back to the ballroom and forced to witness some of the modern dance innovations! ...

— Book of Etiquette • Lillian Eichler