modern dance

1. 1.

   a style of theatrical dancing that is not as restricted as classical ballet; movements are expressive of feelings

   Broaderstage dancing

   Narrowerinterpretive dance

Questions about modern dance

What does modern dance mean?

modern dance means "a style of theatrical dancing that is not as restricted as classical ballet; movements are expressive of feelings".

Is modern dance a common word?

modern dance is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.