Is modern and contemporary dancing the same or different?

Question:Please tell me what songs they would use for each one, what different costumes they would wear, and what shoes they would wear? Or would they just go barefoot? Thanks!

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Please tell me what songs they would use for each one, what different costumes they would wear, and what shoes they would wear? Or would they just go barefoot? Thanks!

Well, in both, you wear dance paws or footundeez (i prefer the undeez myself). Also, you wear a black bodysuit with black or suntan non-footed tights.

Contemporary style is more like this (song wise)....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRTJuvEZc...

And modern more liek this (dance/song wise)....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYFMt21U-...

I prefer contemporary myself, but it's really an opinion thing. Some studio's only have one or the other because they are similar. Hope I helped!

Modern dance is a dance form developed in the early 20th century. Although the term Modern dances has also been applied to a category of 20th Century ballroom dances, Modern dance as a term usually refers to 20th century concert dance.

Contemporary dance is the name given to a group of 20th century concert dance forms. It is a collection of systems and methods developed from Modern and Postmodern dance. Thus contemporary dance is not a specific dance technique. European, Canadian and American contemporary dance differ from each other in a number of ways.Rather than emphasizing technique per se, which is seen more as a tool for the dancer and a means by which to strengthen the body, increase flexibility, and through a deliberate exposure of the contemporary dancer to a wide range of techniques to ensure versatility, contemporary dance as a field is more concerned with examining the choreographic and performing process: as a result there has been limited development of dance techniques by seminal dance artists. Instead, contemporary dance draws on modern dance techniques (developed in the first sixty years of the 20th century) and an array of still developing philosophies of movement based on study of the human body and body/mind inter-relationships

I take both. There are some tecnique differences, but that's about it. Generally you either go bare foot, or you wear dance paws. Both classes are really fun, and I would definetley reccomend them!