Early Modern Dance By alyssanava123 Period: Jan 15, 1862 to Jan 1, 1928 Loie Fuller Period: May 26, 1877 to Sep 14, 1927 Isadora Duncan Period: Jan 20, 1879 to Jul 21, 1968 Ruth St. Denis Period: Oct 21, 1891 to Jan 9, 1972 Ted Shawn Period: May 11, 1894 to Apr 1, 1991 Martha Graham 1895 Serpentine Dance created Period: Jun 22, 1909 to May 21, 2006 Katherine Dunham Period: Nov 25, 1910 to May 8, 1993 Alwin Nikolais 1915 Denishawn Period: Apr 16, 1919 to Jul 26, 2009 Merce Cunningham Period: Nov 29, 1919 to Oct 29, 1994 Pearl Primus Period: Jul 29, 1930 to Aug 29, 2018 Paul Taylor 1944 Appalachian Spring May 10, 1946 Cave of the Heart Period: Feb 15, 1952 to 1988 Bill T. Jones 1958 Ailey American Dance Theatre 1960 Revelations 1980 Still Here 2002 Esplanade