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Jazz Dance!!!! THE HISTORY. The Jazz Age (1920s)  The roaring twenties was known as the Jazz Age.  Jazz music was very popular. Jazz music used a variety.

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1 Jazz Dance!!!! THE HISTORY

2 The Jazz Age (1920s)  The roaring twenties was known as the Jazz Age.  Jazz music was very popular. Jazz music used a variety of rhythms and those rhythms were translated into dance.  Popular dance moves: The Charleston Fox trot Lindy hop Swing dance Jitter bug Jazz dance, at this time, was performed in dance halls and clubs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNAOHtmy4j0

3 Styles of jazz Classical jazz Lyrical jazz Ballet jazz Modern jazz Funk jazz Broadway jazz Latin African GenresCulturesFamous figures Katherine Dunham Bob Fosse Luigi Jerome Robbins Jack Cole Gus Giordano Matt Mattox

4 Characteristics  Isolation Movement for specific body parts such as the head, shoulders, hips, rib cage, etc.  Carrying as many as two or three rhythms in the body at one time-polyrhythm  Use of popular music  Turned in legs- parallel  dancing with the whole foot rather than on relevé

5 Ballet terms you will see reused  Chainé  Piqué  Chassé  Pirouette  Grand jeté  Plié  Relevé

6 Ballet terms you will see reused  Chainé- chain  Piqué- to prick  Chassé- to chase  Pirouette- spin or whirl  Grand jeté – big throw  Plié- to bend  Relevé- to rise from a plié

7 Vocabulary and steps  January 5:

8 Jack Cole  Known as the “father of theatrical jazz dance”  American dance, choreographer, and theatre director  Began as a ballet and modern dancer  His movement emphasized isolations, quick directional changes, and long knee slides  Influenced by India's bharata natyam ( a form of dance) The Jack Cole project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0ZkDBvwcF4 The Jack of Clubs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6HZfDQekiA bharata natyam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgiLOzFQh14

9 Lyrical jazz  Combination of jazz and ballet  Light flowing dance moves that connect throughout the dance  You may see more relevé and turn out being used  Stronger emphasis on emotions and storytelling  Allowing yourself to let go and feel the music

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