diff --git a/src/components/angular2-modal/components/base-dynamic-component.ts b/src/components/angular2-modal/components/base-dynamic-component.ts
index 2452174f..4048c44b 100644
--- a/src/components/angular2-modal/components/base-dynamic-component.ts
+++ b/src/components/angular2-modal/components/base-dynamic-component.ts
@@ -102,29 +102,16 @@ export class BaseDynamicComponent implements OnDestroy {
    */
   protected _addComponent<T>(type: any,
                              vcRef: ViewContainerRef,
-                             bindings?: ResolvedReflectiveProvider[]): ComponentRef<T> {
+                             bindings: ResolvedReflectiveProvider[] = [],
+                             projectableNodes: any[][] = []): ComponentRef<T> {
     const cmpRef =
-      createComponent(vcRef.injector.get(ComponentFactoryResolver), type, vcRef, bindings || []);
+      createComponent(vcRef.injector.get(ComponentFactoryResolver), type, vcRef, bindings, projectableNodes);
 
     cmpRef.changeDetectorRef.detectChanges();
 
     return cmpRef;
   }
 
-  protected _addContent<T>(content: string | TemplateRef<any>,
-                           vcRef: ViewContainerRef,
-                           context: any): any[] {
-
-    if (!content) return [];
-
-    if (typeof content === 'string') {
-      return [[this.renderer.createText(null, `${content}`)]];
-    } else if (content instanceof TemplateRef) {
-      return vcRef.createEmbeddedView(content, context).rootNodes;
-    } else {
-
-    }
-  }
 
   private onEnd(event: TransitionEvent | AnimationEvent): void {
 
diff --git a/src/components/angular2-modal/framework/createComponent.ts b/src/components/angular2-modal/framework/createComponent.ts
index 6e41d86d..3af776b3 100644
--- a/src/components/angular2-modal/framework/createComponent.ts
+++ b/src/components/angular2-modal/framework/createComponent.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ import {
 export function createComponent(cfr: ComponentFactoryResolver,
                                         type: any,
                                         vcr: ViewContainerRef,
-                                        bindings: ResolvedReflectiveProvider[]): ComponentRef<any> {
+                                        bindings: ResolvedReflectiveProvider[],
+                                        projectableNodes?: any[][]): ComponentRef<any> {
   return vcr.createComponent(
     cfr.resolveComponentFactory(type),
     vcr.length,
-    getInjector(vcr, bindings)
+    getInjector(vcr, bindings),
+    projectableNodes
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/angular2-modal/index.ts b/src/components/angular2-modal/index.ts
index 507b05d6..29e80b9a 100644
--- a/src/components/angular2-modal/index.ts
+++ b/src/components/angular2-modal/index.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ export {
   ModalComponent,
   OverlayRenderer,
   OverlayConfig,
-  CloseGuard
+  CloseGuard,
+  ContainerContent
 } from './models/tokens';
 
 export { Modal, DOMOverlayRenderer } from './providers/index';
diff --git a/src/components/angular2-modal/models/tokens.ts b/src/components/angular2-modal/models/tokens.ts
index 417e098d..d6c7f4f1 100644
--- a/src/components/angular2-modal/models/tokens.ts
+++ b/src/components/angular2-modal/models/tokens.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import {
   ComponentRef,
   ViewContainerRef,
+  TemplateRef,
+  Type,
   ResolvedReflectiveProvider
 } from '@angular/core';
 
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@ export enum DROP_IN_TYPE {
 
 export type WideVCRef = ViewContainerRef | string;
 
+export type ContainerContent = string | TemplateRef<any> | Type;
+
 export interface OverlayPlugin extends Function {
   <T>(component: any, dialogRef: DialogRef<T>, config: OverlayConfig): Maybe<DialogRef<any>>;
 }
diff --git a/src/components/angular2-modal/overlay/overlay.component.ts b/src/components/angular2-modal/overlay/overlay.component.ts
index 721a7203..7b047e7a 100644
--- a/src/components/angular2-modal/overlay/overlay.component.ts
+++ b/src/components/angular2-modal/overlay/overlay.component.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 declare const clearTimeout: any;
 
 import {
-  ApplicationRef,
   Component,
   ComponentRef,
   ElementRef,
+  EmbeddedViewRef,
   ResolvedReflectiveProvider,
   ViewChild,
   ViewContainerRef,
   ViewEncapsulation,
-  Renderer
+  Renderer,
+  TemplateRef
 } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { PromiseCompleter, supportsKey } from '../framework/utils';
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ import { DialogRef } from '../models/dialog-ref';
 import { BaseDynamicComponent } from '../components/index';
 
 
+interface ComponentLinkerData {
+  component: any;
+  bindings?: ResolvedReflectiveProvider[];
+  projectableNodes?: any[][];
+}
 /**
  * Represents the modal overlay.
  */
@@ -26,14 +32,20 @@ import { BaseDynamicComponent } from '../components/index';
     '(body:keydown)': 'documentKeypress($event)'
   },
   encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
-  template: `<span #vcRef></span>`
+  template:
+`<template #innerView></template>
+<template #template let-ctx>
+    <template [swapCmp]="ctx.component" [swapCmpBindings]="ctx.bindings" [swapCmpProjectables]="ctx.projectableNodes"></template>
+</template>
+`
 })
 export class ModalOverlay extends BaseDynamicComponent {
   private beforeDestroyHandlers: Array<() => Promise<void>>;
-  @ViewChild('vcRef', {read: ViewContainerRef}) private vcRef: ViewContainerRef;
-  
+  @ViewChild('innerView', {read: ViewContainerRef}) private innerVcr: ViewContainerRef;
+  @ViewChild('template') private template: TemplateRef<any>;
+
   constructor(private dialogRef: DialogRef<any>,
-              private appRef: ApplicationRef,
+              private vcr: ViewContainerRef,
               el: ElementRef,
               renderer: Renderer) {
     super(el, renderer);
@@ -41,8 +53,14 @@ export class ModalOverlay extends BaseDynamicComponent {
   }
 
 
-  addComponent<T>(type: any, bindings?: ResolvedReflectiveProvider[]): ComponentRef<T> {
-    return super._addComponent<T>(type, this.vcRef, bindings);
+  addEmbeddedComponent(linkData: ComponentLinkerData): EmbeddedViewRef<ComponentLinkerData> {
+    return this.vcr.createEmbeddedView(this.template, {
+      $implicit: linkData
+    });
+  }
+
+  addComponent<T>(type: any, bindings: ResolvedReflectiveProvider[] = [], projectableNodes: any[][] = []): ComponentRef<T> {
+    return super._addComponent<T>(type, this.innerVcr, bindings, projectableNodes);
   }
 
   fullscreen(): void {
diff --git a/src/components/angular2-modal/plugins/bootstrap/modal-container.component.ts b/src/components/angular2-modal/plugins/bootstrap/modal-container.component.ts
index dfef8a41..a3fd082c 100644
--- a/src/components/angular2-modal/plugins/bootstrap/modal-container.component.ts
+++ b/src/components/angular2-modal/plugins/bootstrap/modal-container.component.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 import {
   Component,
   ElementRef,
-  ViewChild,
-  ViewContainerRef,
   ViewEncapsulation,
-  ResolvedReflectiveProvider,
-  ComponentRef,
   Renderer
 } from '@angular/core';
 
@@ -27,20 +23,14 @@ import { MessageModalPreset } from'./presets/message-modal-preset';
       [class.modal-lg]="dialog.context.size == \'lg\'"
       [class.modal-sm]="dialog.context.size == \'sm\'">
   <div class="modal-content" style="display:block" role="document" overlayDialogBoundary>
-    <span #dlg></span>
+    <ng-content></ng-content>
   </div>    
 </div>`
 })
 export class BSModalContainer extends BaseDynamicComponent {
-  @ViewChild('dlg', {read: ViewContainerRef}) private vcRef: ViewContainerRef;
-
-  constructor(public dialog: DialogRef<MessageModalPreset>,
+   constructor(public dialog: DialogRef<MessageModalPreset>,
               el: ElementRef, renderer: Renderer) {
     super(el, renderer);
     this.activateAnimationListener();
   }
-
-  addComponent<T>(type: any, bindings?: ResolvedReflectiveProvider[]): ComponentRef<T> {
-    return super._addComponent<T>(type, this.vcRef, bindings);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/angular2-modal/plugins/bootstrap/modal.ts b/src/components/angular2-modal/plugins/bootstrap/modal.ts
index c80b38da..8546f134 100644
--- a/src/components/angular2-modal/plugins/bootstrap/modal.ts
+++ b/src/components/angular2-modal/plugins/bootstrap/modal.ts
@@ -2,16 +2,18 @@ import 'rxjs/add/operator/combineLatest';
 
 import {
   Injectable,
-  ResolvedReflectiveProvider as RRP
+  ResolvedReflectiveProvider as RRP,
+  ReflectiveInjector,
+  Renderer
 } from '@angular/core';
 
 import {
   Maybe,
+  ContainerContent,
   Overlay,
   DialogRef,
   Modal as Modal_,
   CSSBackdrop,
-  CSSDialogContainer,
   PromiseCompleter
 } from '../../../../components/angular2-modal';
 
@@ -23,8 +25,8 @@ import { TwoButtonPresetBuilder } from './../bootstrap/presets/two-button-preset
 
 @Injectable()
 export class Modal extends Modal_ {
-  constructor(overlay: Overlay) {
-    super(overlay);
+  constructor(overlay: Overlay, renderer: Renderer) {
+    super(overlay, renderer);
   }
 
   alert(): OneButtonPresetBuilder {
@@ -40,18 +42,15 @@ export class Modal extends Modal_ {
   }
 
   protected create(dialogRef: DialogRef<any>,
-                   type: any,
+                   content: ContainerContent,
                    bindings?: RRP[]): Maybe<DialogRef<any>> {
 
-    let refs = this.createModal(dialogRef, CSSBackdrop, BSModalContainer);
-
-    refs.containerRef
-      .instance.addComponent(type, bindings);
-
+    const backdropRef = this.createBackdrop(dialogRef, CSSBackdrop);
+    const containerRef = this.createContainer(dialogRef, BSModalContainer, content, bindings);
 
     let overlay = dialogRef.overlayRef.instance;
-    let backdrop = refs.backdropRef.instance;
-    let container = refs.containerRef.instance;
+    let backdrop = backdropRef.instance;
+    let container = containerRef.instance;
 
     dialogRef.inElement ? overlay.insideElement() : overlay.fullscreen();
 
@@ -69,8 +68,8 @@ export class Modal extends Modal_ {
     backdrop.addClass('in');
     container.addClass('in');
 
-    if (refs.containerRef.location.nativeElement) {
-      refs.containerRef.location.nativeElement.focus();
+    if (containerRef.location.nativeElement) {
+      containerRef.location.nativeElement.focus();
     }
 
     overlay.beforeDestroy(() => {
diff --git a/src/components/angular2-modal/providers/modal.ts b/src/components/angular2-modal/providers/modal.ts
index a7ec01d1..763da824 100644
--- a/src/components/angular2-modal/providers/modal.ts
+++ b/src/components/angular2-modal/providers/modal.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import {
   ComponentRef,
+  TemplateRef,
   ReflectiveInjector,
-  ResolvedReflectiveProvider
+  ResolvedReflectiveProvider, Type, Renderer
 } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { Overlay } from '../overlay/index';
 import { Class, Maybe } from '../framework/utils';
-import { OverlayConfig } from '../models/tokens';
+import { OverlayConfig, ContainerContent } from '../models/tokens';
 import { DialogRef } from '../models/dialog-ref';
 import { ModalControllingContextBuilder } from '../models/overlay-context';
 
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ export class UnsupportedDropInError extends Error {
 }
 
 export abstract class Modal {
-  constructor(public overlay: Overlay) { }
+  constructor(public overlay: Overlay, private renderer: Renderer) { }
 
 
   alert(): ModalControllingContextBuilder<any> {
@@ -35,11 +36,11 @@ export abstract class Modal {
 
   /**
    * Opens a modal window inside an existing component.
-   * @param componentType The angular Component to render as the modal content.
+   * @param content The content to display, either string, template ref or a component.
    * @param config Additional settings.
    * @returns {Promise<DialogRef>}
    */
-  open(componentType: any, config?: OverlayConfig): Promise<DialogRef<any>> {
+  open(content: ContainerContent, config?: OverlayConfig): Promise<DialogRef<any>> {
     config = config || {} as any;
     try {
       let dialogs = this.overlay.open(config, this.constructor);
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ export abstract class Modal {
       // TODO:  Currently supporting 1 view container, hence working on dialogs[0].
       //        upgrade to multiple containers.
       return Promise.resolve(
-        this.create(dialogs[0], componentType, config.bindings)
+        this.create(dialogs[0], content, config.bindings)
       );
 
     } catch (e) {
@@ -69,16 +70,44 @@ export abstract class Modal {
    * @returns {MaybeDialogRef<any>}
    */
   protected abstract create(dialogRef: DialogRef<any>,
-                            type: any,
+                            type: ContainerContent,
                             bindings?: ResolvedReflectiveProvider[]): Maybe<DialogRef<any>>;
 
 
+  protected createBackdrop<T>(dialogRef: DialogRef<any>, BackdropComponent: Class<T>): ComponentRef<T> {
+    const b = ReflectiveInjector.resolve([{provide: DialogRef, useValue: dialogRef}]);
+    return dialogRef.overlayRef.instance.addComponent<T>(BackdropComponent, b);
+  }
+
+  protected createContainer<T>(
+    dialogRef: DialogRef<any>,
+    ContainerComponent: Class<T>,
+    content: string | TemplateRef<any> | Type,
+    bindings?: ResolvedReflectiveProvider[]): ComponentRef<T> {
+
+    const b = ReflectiveInjector.resolve([{provide: DialogRef, useValue: dialogRef}])
+      .concat(bindings || []);
+
+    let nodes: any[];
+    if (typeof content === 'string') {
+      nodes = [[this.renderer.createText(null, `${content}`)]];
+    } else if (content instanceof TemplateRef) {
+      nodes = [this.overlay.defaultViewContainer.createEmbeddedView(content, dialogRef.context).rootNodes];
+    } else {
+      nodes = [dialogRef.overlayRef.instance.addEmbeddedComponent({ component: content, bindings: b }).rootNodes];
+    }
+    return dialogRef.overlayRef.instance.addComponent<T>(ContainerComponent, b, nodes);
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * A helper function for derived classes to create backdrop & container
    * @param dialogRef
    * @param backdrop
    * @param container
    * @returns { backdropRef: ComponentRef<B>, containerRef: ComponentRef<C> }
+   *
+   * @deprecated use createBackdrop and createContainer instead
    */
   protected createModal<B, C>(dialogRef: DialogRef<any>, backdrop: Class<B>, container: Class<C>)
                                 : { backdropRef: ComponentRef<B>, containerRef: ComponentRef<C> } {