The Beginning of Contemoprary Dance

Contemporary dance is a style of dance which emerged in the 20th century as an outgrowth of modern dance and other 20th century dance techniques. Contemporary dancers like Martha Graham wanted to move even further from the rules and more toward improvisation. Rather than rejecting ballet as modern dance did, contemporary dance fused it with modern dance and redefined the “axis” of body movement.

For further more information about Contemprary Dance check out:
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-contemporary-dance.htm
http://apexdance.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/contemporary-dance/