Early Modern Dance

Loie Fuller

Period: Jan 15, 1862 to Jan 1, 1928

Isadora Duncan

Period: May 26, 1877 to Sep 14, 1927

Ruth St. Denis

Period: Jan 20, 1879 to Jul 21, 1968

Ted Shawn

Period: Oct 21, 1891 to Jan 9, 1972

Martha Graham

Period: May 11, 1894 to Apr 1, 1991

Serpentine Dance created

1895

Katherine Dunham

Period: Jun 22, 1909 to May 21, 2006

Alwin Nikolais

Period: Nov 25, 1910 to May 8, 1993

Denishawn

1915

Merce Cunningham

Period: Apr 16, 1919 to Jul 26, 2009

Pearl Primus

Period: Nov 29, 1919 to Oct 29, 1994

Paul Taylor

Period: Jul 29, 1930 to Aug 29, 2018

Appalachian Spring

1944

Cave of the Heart

May 10, 1946

Bill T. Jones

Period: Feb 15, 1952 to 1988

Ailey American Dance Theatre

1958

Revelations

1960

Still Here

1980

Esplanade

2002