Jazz dance is a technique and style of dance performances that emerged in America at the beginning of the 20th century. Jazz dance begins as an African American social dance rooted in African slave dance. Over time, a clearly defined jazz genre emerged, transformed from street dance into a theater dance performed on stage due to the work of artists such as Jack Cole (choreographer), Bob Fosse, Eugene Louis Faccuito and Gus Giordano.
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History
The term was first used to describe the dance performed on new jazz music in the early 20th century, but its origins lie in the dance brought from Africa by slaves sent to America. At that time, this refers to any dance performed for jazz, which includes tap dan jitterbug dance. The decisive feature is "free conversation style like improvisation."
From the early 1920s, ballet connected to both, jazz and dance, when the term 'jazz ballet' spread throughout the world. It was practically the beginning of the new jazz jazz "non-jazz". That is followed by modern dance-based efforts to define "modern jazz dance" without any real connection to authentic jazz dance forms. These efforts are called collectively "modern jazz dance" in the late 1950s. "Modern jazz dance" was defined in the late 1960s.
During this time, choreographers from other genres experimented with style, including George Balanchine, Agnes de Mille, Jack Cole, Just Holm, Helen Tamiris, Michael Kidd, Jerome Robbins, and Bob Fosse. All these choreographers influence jazz by requiring highly trained dancers and introducing the steps of contemporary ballet and dance. In the 1950s, jazz dance was heavily influenced by the influence of Caribbean and Latin America, introduced by Katherine Dunham.
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Famed director, dancer and choreographer
- Michael Bennett, director, writer, choreographer and dancer who is a tony award winner. A Chorus Line and Dream Girls are examples of some of his works.
- Busby Berkley, a 1930s and 1940s film choreographer famous for geometric patterns and kaleidoscopic arrangements
- Jack Cole, considered the father of jazz dance techniques. He is the key inspiration for Matt Mattox, Bob Fosse, Jerome Robbins, Gwen Verdon, and many other choreographers. He is credited with popularizing the theatrical form of jazz dance with his many choreographic works on television and Broadway.
- Katherine Dunham, an anthropologist, choreographer, and pioneer in Black theatrical dances. He introduced the jazz isolation dance.
- Eugene Louis Facciuto (a.k.a. "Luigi"), an accomplished dancer who, after a crippling car accident in the 1950s, invented a new style of jazz dance based on the warm-up exercises he created to avoid physical disfigurement. The exercise routine he created for his own rehabilitation became the first complete technique in the world to learn jazz dance.
- Bob Fosse, a prominent jazz choreographer who created a new form of jazz dance inspired by Fred Astaire and burlesque and vaudeville styles.
- Patsy Swayze, choreographer and dance instructor, combines Jazz and Ballet. Swayze founded the Houston Jazz Ballet Company and served as director of ballet.
- Gus Giordano, an influential jazz and choreographer who lives in Chicago, is known for his clean and precise movement.
- Michael Jackson, known as "The King of Pop"
- Leon James, original Jazz dancer from original 1930s member "Whitey's Lindy Hoppers
- Gene Kelly, award-winning dance film icon. Known for continuing his career for over 60 years. Jobs can be found in Singin 'in Rain and In Town.
- Frankie Manning, Lindy Hop and Jazz dancer and original choreographer
- Norma Miller, known worldwide as Lindy Hop's "Queen of Swings" and Jazz dancer and original choreographer
- Al Minns, original Jazz dancer from original 1930s member "Whitey's Lindy Hoppers
- Jerome Robbins, choreographer for a number of popular musicals, including Peter Pan , Kings and I , Fiddler on the Roof , Gypsy , Funny Girl , and West Side Story .
- Gwen Verdon, known for her roles in Damn Yankees, Chicago and Sweet Charity.
- David Winters is known for his role as A-Rab on the West Side Story and as an award-winning choreographer for movies and TV programs.
- Molly Molloy is influential to instruct British artists such as Arlene Philips and many members of Hot Gossip Jazz dance and choreography dance.
See also
- Tap dance
- Jitterbug
- Lindy Hop
- Swing (dance)
References
Bibliography
- Eliane Seguin, Histoire de la danse jazz , 2003, CHIRON Edition, ISBNÃ, 978-2-7027-0782-1, 281 pp
- Jennifer Dunning, Alvin Ailey: A Life in Dance , 1998, Da Capo Press, ISBN 978-0-306-80825-8, 468 pp
- A. Peter Bailey, Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey , 1995, Carol Pub. Group, ISBN 978-0-8065-1861-9, 183 pp
- Margot L. Torbert, Teaching Jazz Dance , Margot Torbert, 2000, ISBNÃ, 978-0-9764071-0-2
- Robert Cohan, The Dance Workshop , Gaia Books Ltd, 1989, ISBNÃ, 978-0-04-790010-5
- Folds, Robert. Divine Frivolity: The Hollywood Representation of Lindy Hop, 1937-1942. In Representing Jazz . Durham: Duke University Press, 1995.
- Carter, Curtis. Improvisation in Dance. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 58, no. 2, 181-90. Retrieved 24 April 2015. jstor.org.
- New Orleans Jazz History, 1895-1927. New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park, Louisiana, April 5, 2015
- Reid, Molly. New Orleans Heaven for Beginners Swing Dance, Professional. The Times-Picayune, January 21, 2010
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