modern dancer
C5424
concept
A modern dancer is a performer who uses expressive, often unconventional movement techniques to interpret music, ideas, or emotions through contemporary dance.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| modern dancer canonical | 34 |
| American choreographer | 8 |
| American modern dance pioneer | 2 |
| American modern dancer | 2 |
| modern dance choreographer | 2 |
| modern dance pioneer | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: modern dancer
Generated description
A modern dancer is a performer who uses expressive, often unconventional movement techniques to interpret music, ideas, or emotions through contemporary dance.
Instances (41)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Karin Waehner | — |
| Viola Farber | — |
| Helen Tamiris | — |
| Ruth St. Denis | — |
| Martha Graham | — |
| Doris Humphrey | — |
| Edwin Myers Shawn | — |
| Franziska Boas | — |
| Charles Weidman | — |
| Merce Cunningham | — |
| Vaslav Nijinsky | — |
| Murray Louis | — |
| Ted Shawn | — |
| Morleigh Steinberg | — |
| Isadora Duncan | — |
| Kurt Jooss | modern dance choreographer |
| Jack Cole | American choreographer |
| Jane Sherman | — |
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Ruth St. Denis
linked to:
Ruth Dennis
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— |
| Miss Ruth | modern dance pioneer |
| Tamara Hurwitz | — |
| Hanya Holm | — |
| Stuart Hodes | — |
| Barton Mumaw | — |
| José Limón | — |
| Charles Edward Weidman Jr. | — |
| Talley Beatty | — |
| Pina Bausch | modern dance choreographer |
| Anne Fletcher | American choreographer |
| Angela Isadora Duncan | — |
| Eugene Loring | — |
| Kyle Abraham | American choreographer |
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Merce Cunningham
linked to:
Mercier Philip Cunningham
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— |
| Marjorie Mazia Guthrie | — |
| Paul Taylor | — |
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Murray Louis
linked to:
The Groove and the Grail
|
— |
|
Murray Louis
linked to:
Configurations
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— |
| Hermes Panagiotopoulos | American choreographer |
| Pearl Lang | — |
| Tilly Losch | — |
| Phyllis Lamhut | — |