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around the 1920s. Isadora Duncan (the creator of contemporary dance) felt ballet wasn't self-expressive enough.
Complexions Contemporary Ballet was created in 1994.
Ballet is more restricted and technical Contemporary is more free
Contemporary ballet is less classical than say pointe. Its more of lyrical or jazz mixed with ballet technique
(I think) It is because they do not want to dance Ballet. According to what I have heard, Contemporary is supposed to be against Ballet, and it was supposed to be for people who want to break free from the rules of Ballet. The woman that invented Contemporary probably learned Ballet and probably found it very restricted and questioned about (e.g.) why the positions were like that and why she could not do it another way. I think that is why she invented Contemporary.