Modern Dance Pioneers

Modern Dance Pioneers

By Ms. Parker

• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre

• ​The Ailey School

• ​Trained by Lester Horton

• ​After Horton’s death in 1953, Mr. Ailey became director of the Lester Horton Dance Theater and began to choreograph his own works. 

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​Alvin Ailey

​January 5, 1931- December 1, 1989

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• Martha Graham ​Dance Company

• Martha Graham ​School- the oldest of professional dance in the US

• ​Creates 181 Dance works and a technique still used today to train Modern Dancers

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Martha Graham ​

May 11, 1894- ​April 1, 1981

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