Ballet vs Modern Dance

Hi! This time I want to tell you something about modern dance.

In my school, ballet wasn't the only one technique of dance that I was learning. The other one was modern dance which is much more close to my heart in every possible respect. Besides that ballet is physically more exhausting than modern dance, the most difficult thing to achieve in the first one was the technique. In ballet it is not enaugh if you are musical, or if you dance with grace. The most important is precision of doing exercises, which is strictly connected with body build; for example flexible spine- you just have to be born with it. 

The specificity of the classical dance consist in the strict rules- there is no free choice in the moves.

Contemporary dance is very young in comparison with ballet; it appeared in the middle of  the 20th century to break each of this inflexible principles, and that's why I love it! For example the precursors preache that you have to "make friends with the floor". It means that you can jus sit down or lie down in the choreography, roll on the flor and do other strange things which are of course unacceptable in a ballet. Moreover modern is more natural; in ballet every moove is schematic and the gesture is conventional. Contemporary dance is a good way to express your feelings and emotions.

This is my opinion, and how about you? Write in comments.

Martyna