FORMS OF MODERN

DANCE
“Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are not great
because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.” – Martha Graham
There are 4 forms of modern
dance which are;
• HIP HOP

• LYRICAL

• FREESTYLE and,
• FUSION
 HIP HOP
Hip Hop is a unique and exciting
style of street dance that is most
commonly performed to hip-hop
music. Hip-hop dance is a vibrant
form of dance that combines a variety
of freestyle movements to create a
cultural piece of art.
Hip Hop has three main styles which
includes;
 Locking – is a stopping of movement right in the middle of a quick
movement and holding that position for a moment before flowing
back into your dance.

 Popping – this is characterized by sudden tensing and releasing of the

muscles to the rhythm of beats in music.

 Breaking – break dancing, also called as B-boying, energetic form of

dance, fashioned and popularized by Africans Americans and Latinos,
that includes styled footwork and athletic moves such as back spins
or head spins.
 LYRICAL
oLyrical dance is a dance style that embodies various
aspects of ballet, jazz, and acrobatics.

• Ballet

• Jazz

• Acrobatics
 FREESTYLE
• Freestyle dancing, sometimes referred to as street dancing, is a
unique type of dance that is based on improvisation rather than
the choreography seen in other dance varieties.
 FUSION
• Fusion dance is today’s modernistic blend of dance movement to
several types of music. It may involve creating a new dance style,
recreating an already established dance style, combining existing
styles of movement, or any combination of the above.