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Free dance
Free dance
is a 20th-century dance form that preceded
modern dance
. Rebelling against the rigid constraints of
classical ballet
,
Loie Fuller
,
Isadora Duncan
and
Ruth St. Denis
(with her work in theater) developed their own styles of free dance and laid the foundations of American modern dance with their
choreography
and teaching. In
Europe
Rudolf Laban
,
Emile Jaques-Dalcroze
and
François Delsarte
developed their own theories of human movement and methods of instruction that led to the development of European modern and
Expressionist dance
.
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