At that time, it was probably the only modern-dance opera ballet in the world.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gertrud Kraus.] Reference

That means not just "The Nutcracker" but ballet and modern-dance masterpieces of all kinds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bringing Art Back to PBS] Reference

Ballet companies around the world, as well as modern-dance repertory troupes, want Taylor's works.    From Wordnik.com.  [A singular vision: Nearing 80, Paul Taylor is as moving a dance figure as ever] Reference

The modern-dance company has celebrated many anniversaries before, but none as big and grand as this one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Feet Feat] Reference

There are hundreds of small modern-dance companies in the U.S., and some of them manage to stay in business.    From Wordnik.com.  [For California Dancemaker, It's All Step By Step] Reference

Tharp has always been an entrancing performer as well as the greatest modern-dance choreographer since Graham.    From Wordnik.com.  [Those Oldies But Goodies] Reference

After the performance, Mr. Talley brushed off the idea that he was maybe a little out of his depth with all this prancy modern-dance stuff.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fucking Articulate] Reference

Similar to Merce Cunningham, who passed away at 90 in 2009, Taylor danced in the troupe of modern-dance pioneer Martha Graham early in his career.    From Wordnik.com.  [Debra Levine: Paul Taylor Dance Company: A Guided Tour (PHOTOS)] Reference

Two modern-dance duets choreographed by artistic director Daniel Phoenix Singh were obviously about love, but timid dancing made these pieces feel tepid.    From Wordnik.com.  [Singh Dance tackles Anna Sokolow's 'Rooms' at Dance Place] Reference

For modern-dance fans, Program Three (Oct 2 and 3) offers a local favorite, the Paul Taylor Dance Company, and an international talent: Emanuel Gat Dance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Betting Easy Money on Dance This Fall] Reference

Hugo Glendinning 'Sutra,' a modern-dance work inspired by ancient Chinese martial arts, will receive its American premiere Tuesday at the White Light Festival.    From Wordnik.com.  [Moving Toward the Modern] Reference

And to send the Eisenhower Theater's capacity crowd even further skyward, the hour-long program wrapped up with Evidence, the modern-dance company led by Ronald K.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kennedy Center's 'An American Playlist,' Day 2: Dance and jazz mix delightfully] Reference

It's all the more remarkable for the fact that the modern-dance choreographer created it back in 1991, when he was not the standard-bearer of American dance that he is today.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Hard Nut' a holiday chestnut, joyously cracked and spiced] Reference

His dances, informed by both ballet and modern-dance training, have consistently shown a keen theatricality and physicality without relying on flashy virtuosity or histrionics.    From Wordnik.com.  [High-Style Highlights] Reference

One "SOS" tapped out on the radiator, and our modern-dance fan the super checks every apartment in the building to see if somebody's sick or hurt-wonder how Kay's ankle is doing?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Children Of The Night]

A youthful modern-dance troupe performs its annual.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

Bournonville, now forward to the modern-dance master.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

Smart Spender: Free modern-dance performance photo: Creative Commons/crossfirecw.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Business News] Reference

By contrast, a modern-dance company's New York season will almost always lose money.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Yorker] Reference

There are women as well, and it's less a ballet than a modern-dance retelling of one.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

Theater, it has grown into possibly the most successful modern-dance company on the planet.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

Cons: Occasional choreography and performance errors, especially in slower modern-dance pieces.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily Princetonian, 2010-03-26] Reference

Tiffany Mills is "making a name for herself as a young modern-dance innovator" (New York Times).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Money Times - finance news, lifestyle, markets, investment, personal finance, banking, retirement planning] Reference

Then, around the nineteen-eighties, all this changed: modern-dance choreographers began making ballets.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Yorker] Reference

Ms. Sherman performed with companies ranging from modern-dance groups to the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page]

The list of modern-dance troupes who have limped into the margins after their creators 'deaths is long and sad.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

UK tour by Cuba's modern-dance troupe Danza Contemporanea, the more famous Cuba has arrived to open the Spring Dance.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to For ever Grace - Her style  secrets are revealed in a new exhibition] Reference

"Things are bleak," said Ms. Kranicke, a 47-year-old choreographer who founded the all-woman modern-dance troupe in 1989.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

Like those previous outings, the concert will consist of modern-dance movement, spoken word and music created on the spot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tucson Weekly] Reference

Their gestures were somewhat reminiscent of the work of Eiko and Koma, the modern-dance duo who prize slowness and stillness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tucson Weekly] Reference

The New York Times has hailed the company as, "... one of the nation's most vital and accomplished small modern-dance troupes.".    From Wordnik.com.  [NYC.com's Exclusive New York City Event Calendar : Art] Reference

MULLING over the dances of 2010 my mind flies first to three modern-dance works I saw this spring, all by female choreographers.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

But, to use a language in that way, you have to have been heavily trained in it, and most of the modern-dance choreographers were not.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Yorker] Reference

Zenon Dance, best known for its jazz-dance and modern-dance repertory, will present a new contemporary composition by Thorson in April.    From Wordnik.com.  [Minnesota Monthly Web Edition] Reference

This devastating blow helped propel Ms. Panetta into the modern-dance world, where her feisty New York temperament and flair were assets.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

The 92nd Street Y commemorated the centenary of Erick Hawkins, a modern-dance pioneer, over the weekend with a three-day symposium featuring discussions, classes and performances.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Business News] Reference