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	Got Jazz!? Why is it called Jazz Dance? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Jazz dance began as the popular dance moves of the early 1900's.
		The various styles of jazz dance have grown from the emphasis on individual style and improvisation.
		Jazz dance directly expresses the music; whether it is jazz, blues, or rap.
	www.danceart.com /gotjazz/whyjazz.htm (703 words)

	Jazz dance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Until the middle of the 1950s, jazz dance in shows meant mostly tap dance, because jazz was the music and tap was the main dance of the era.
		Also, during the jazz era, a popular form of jazz dance was Swing dancing and its related dances Cakewalk, Black Bottom, Charleston, Lindy Hop, all forms of dance commonly danced to jazz music.
		Jazz has now become an essential part of musical theatre choreography and serves as a base which is easily flavored by and interwoven with the dance style appropriate for the show (e.g.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jazz_dance (838 words)

	Lane Community College - Dance Classes - Technique
		Dance movements are introduced which incorporate: Three dimensional use of the spine and torso; rotary mobility of the arms and legs; stability and core strength; and expressivity.
		Training continues with dance movements that incorporate: Three dimensional use of the spine and torso; rotary mobility of the arms and legs; stability of the body's center or core; strength and stability of outward and inward rotation of the legs; strength and stability of the of the upper extremity; dynamic, effort variations and expressivity.
		Training continues with jazz movements that incorporate: syncopation of body parts; strength and stability of the body's core; strength and stability of outward and inward rotation of the legs; strength and stability of the upper extremity: dynamic, effort, spatial and rhythmic variations.
	www.lanecc.edu /perarts/dance/technique.htm (1578 words)

	Kids Dance
		Jazz 1A - This class is for ages 8 to 11 with at least 1-year of experience in jazz dance.
		Jazz 2 - This class is designed for students 9 to 12 with at least 2 years experience in jazz dance.
		Jazz and Tap 1A - This is a class for students aged 7 to 9 with at least 1-year of Jazz and Tap dancing experience.
	www.contempradance.com /cntpr_kid_jazz.html (408 words)

	MIXED PICKLES Vintage Dance Time Line - Jazz Era (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Immediately after WW I many of the ragtime dances like the One Step which were suited to the frenetic new jazz tempos lingered on.
		Dance studios and nightclubs are filled with couples practicing their "sidecars," "death drops" and "pretzels." Over the past sixty years we've seen East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, Cajun Swing and Country Western Swing.
		Perhaps one reason we have seen a craze for nostalgia in social dancing in the 90's is that not since Disco dancing in the 70's have we had a style of dancing that all classes and ages of Americans have found to their taste.
	www.mixedpickles.org /jazzdance.html (1765 words)

	PBS - JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Jazz Exchange - Dance and Jazz
		Dancing was the only social medium through which the men and women were allowed to touch, and the early 20th century saw a gradual breakdown of the various traditions that had kept them, up to that point, physically apart while dancing together.
		The most innovative and influential jazz dance to emerge in the mid-20s was the Lindy Hop (named after Charles Lindbergh's famous Trans-Atlantic flight), created largely by George "Shorty" Snowden, a favorite at Harlem's Savoy Ballroom.
		It is worth noting that until recently, all of jazz's greatest musicians experienced the magical conjunction of jazz and dance, and it is manifestly audible in the dancing rhythms that characterize their music.
	www.pbs.org /jazz/exchange/exchange_dance.htm (1146 words)

	Jazz Dance - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Jazz Dance, broad term for American social and stage dance employing jazz or jazz-influenced music.
		As social dance, jazz dance originated in fl...
		In the past few years, almost every kind and form of American music except that composed for the concert hall has been strongly affected by a single native 'folk' strain.
	encarta.msn.com /Jazz_Dance.html (144 words)

	Jazz Dance Videos and DVDs 2
		Jazz dance video - learn the latest Broadway moves, hot routines for jazz, lyrical and funk or let Bob Rizzo teach you over 50 turn and jump variations.
		A jazzed up Charleston and a hot Latin Jazz dance are taught in short segments (front and rear view) and then performed as complete routines.
		Dances are all taught slowly from the back and then performed by group of dancers to show you staging and costume ideas.
	www.iefit.com /dance/jazz-2.htm (1589 words)

	Dance Reflections Dance Studio - Classes Page
		Students are introduced to the techniques and steps from all styles of dance and continue to develop their imagination and musical awareness.
		As students complete each dance year, their placement in the next class level is determined by their progress over the current year and their having mastered the skills presented to them in the current level.
		Jazz technique is designed for those students who have successfully completed and mastered all elementary level classes and wish to broaden their knowledge of and skill in jazz dance.
	www.dancereflections.net /classes.html (1039 words)

	ARTSEDGE: Jazz Dance and Music
		Jazz dance is based on Afro-Caribbean dance, with a theatrical flair.
		Jazz dance has rules like ballet, but the form arose from a need to be more free and flexible than ballet.
		Since the dance classroom is primarily dependent on participation, you may wish to consider attitude and participation as additional, separate areas of evaluation.
	artsedge.kennedy-center.org /content/2049 (753 words)

	Interweave Dance Theatre and Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop Website
		Founded in 1980 as the Boulder Jazz Dance Company, IDT changed its name in 1995 to better reflect the diversity of the work it presents: not only jazz dance, but also modern dance and theatre pieces.
		Sponsored by the University of Colorado Department of Theater and Dance, the BJDW is held each summer on the CU main campus.
		The BJDW consists of two weeks of classes in jazz dance, hip hop, jazz funk, and modern dance; as well as ballet barre, musical theatre, turns, and a mat class based on the principles of Joseph Pilates.
	bcn.boulder.co.us /arts/idt/idt.html (311 words)

	JAZZ: DANCE
		When you attend Jazz games, you can always expect to see dynamic dunks and furious fast breaks, but there is always one other constant that remains in tact, the Nu Skin Jazz Dancers.
		The Jazz Dancers are made up of 18 members from all over the state of Utah, Idaho and Texas with a wealth of dancing experience and a wide-variety of career goals and interests.
		However, dancing is only one phase of being part of the Nu Skin Jazz Dancers, as community and charity appearances are also part of the agenda.
	www.nba.com /jazz/dance (285 words)

	jazz Dance Videos and DVD
		Dance teachers will find this guide a must, as Michèle's unique skills put individual turns together into beautiful, thoughtful combinations emphasizing direction changes as well as a wide variety of preparations and transitions in and out of the turns.
		Rhapsody and her dance company will take you on a ride as you learn the style that is sweeping the nation.
		Street Jazz fuses hip-hop and jazz and is the signature style of Rhapsody and her company.
	www.iefit.com /Dance/jazz.htm (3342 words)

	Jazz Dance History
		Jazz originated at the close of the nineteenth century in the seamy dance halls and brothels of the South and Midwest where the word Jazz commonly referred to sexual intercourse.
		The first jazz bands contained a "rhythm section" consisting of a string bass, drums, and a guitar or banjo, and a "melodic section" with one or two cornets, a trombone, a clarinet, and sometimes even a violin.
		Years later, jazz was taken over by large orchestras; a "society jazz band" contained fifteen or more musicians.
	www.centralhome.com /ballroomcountry/jazz.htm (464 words)

	Jazz Dance: The American Discipline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Jazz as a pop dance style means past contributors are easily forgotten.
		Cole is widely considered to be the father of jazz because of his innovative work as a choreographer and teacher.
		The pop element of jazz means that it’s not often considered a serious dance form worthy of the same amount of study as ballet and modern dance.
	www.dance-teacher.com /backissues/aug00/jazzdance.shtml (1261 words)

	Class Description & Attire Pam East Dance
		Basic jazz techniques are taught as well as a ballet foundation in order to develop strength and agility.
		This is a high energy upbeat style of dance as is seen in many music videos.
		It is designed to provide the young dancer a bsic dance foundation which will allow them to develop a well rounded basic dance technique.
	www.pameastdance.com /classdescriptionattire (616 words)

	Adult Recreation Instruction: Dance
		Lyrical is an expressive form of dance that combines elements of ballet, jazz and modern dance.
		Learn the basics of jazz dancing as well as more advanced techniques and focus on developing flexibility and strength needed for dancing.
		Modern dance began in the early 20th century as an alternative to ballet.
	www.virginia.edu /ims/rip/dance.html (531 words)

	Jig Dance - Streetswings Dance History archives - Main Page
		The Irish Cengail seems to be cognate with the old French verb, Ginguer (to move the feet,) and the refrain of this dance song was perhaps like that of the Fer Gigaoila, which consisted of a humorous kind of giggling, in short catches of the breath, accompanied by sudden starts of the body.
		One, two, or more persons took part in the dance, and he or she who could longest keep time to the liveliest music was considered the best dancer.
		The basic music defines the speed of the dance with the music for a Jig being in 6/8 time and a slip Jig is 9/8.
	www.streetswing.com /histmain/z3jazz1.htm (632 words)

	Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop Level Requirements
		Jazz Pirouette: Should be able to perform a double turn reasonably well (in relevé with foot to the knee in parallel position) - at least be working on double turns even if they are not quite mastered.
		Intermediate level modern: Please see jazz dance guidelines for approximate number of hours of training that one should have had in modern dance to qualify as in intermediate modern dancer.
		Because modern dance is less codified than either jazz dance or ballet, terminology varies greatly from technique to technique and from teacher to teacher.
	www.boulderjazzdanceworkshop.com /bjdwlevel.htm (593 words)

	jazz dance costumes and jazz shoes
		Jazz dance costumes - Put some real pizzazz in your jazz dance costumes this year.
		Enhance your jazz dance costumes with iridescent sequin, pink sequin, flowers, pearl, trim and V-neck appliqués.
		Remember, when you are looking for jazz dance costumes go to the experts in jazz dance costumes - justforkix.com, we are the place for top-quality jazz dance costumes.
	www.justforkix.com /jazz_dance_costumes.shtml (502 words)

	Acid jazz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Acid jazz (also known as club jazz) is a musical genre that combines elements of soul music, funk, disco particularly repetitive beats and modal harmony.
		Acid Jazz is also the name of a recording label in the United Kingdom (founded by Gilles Peterson) which issues recordings by artists in the genre.
		While acid jazz often contains various types of electronic composition (sometimes including sampling or live DJ cutting and scratching), it is just as likely to be played live by musicians, who often showcase jazz interpretation as part of their performance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Acid_jazz (522 words)

	Dance Classes
		Class will include a complete warm-up, jazz barre designed to improve balance, strength, and alignment, stretching and core strengthening exercises, across-the-floor combinations with emphasis on turns, traveling steps, and basic jumps.
		She minored in dance at Portland State University, and went on to study in New York City with renowned jazz teachers Frank Hatchett, Lynn Simonson, Anne Reinking, and The American Dance Machine.
		Gail is a member of the Jazz Dance Collective, and her original jazz piece, “Closing Time” was performed by JDC dancers as part of “Cabaret, Swing, and All That Jazz” in 2006.
	www.jazzdancecollective.org /news.html (205 words)

	Robert Thomas Dancenter: Classes
		Some established jazz styles are: classic jazz, musical comedy, lyrical, Latin, blues, rock, funk, modern, hip hop and other forms of street dance.
		A jazz dance class focuses on proper body alignment, coordination and retention of movement, and trains students to be rhythmically articulate.
		By the end of the year, the jazz class has covered the basics, and is able to incorporate the different styles of jazz in an annual dance performance.
	www.rtdance.com /classes/jazz.cfm (260 words)

	Dance
		The dance minor allows students to continue their artistic development as a dancer while pursuing another area of study at Wake Forest.
		The classes teach the fundamentals of dance technique and are traditionally focused towards those students with a limited dance experience.
		Many of the dancers have found the dance company at Wake Forest as a way to balance their love of dance with their future goals of becoming a doctor or lawyer.
	www.wfu.edu /theatre/dance/dance.htm (960 words)

	JAZZ: 2004 Dancer Clinic
		The Utah Jazz is pleased to announce the eighth annual Utah Jazz Dancer Dance, Drill and Cheer Clinics.
		The Utah Jazz Dancer dance, drill and cheer clinic staff is made up of the Nu Skin Jazz Dancers and several top choreographers from across the United States.
		The Utah Jazz Stunt Team is proud to be a part of the Jazz Dancer Clinic this year.
	www.nba.com /jazz/dance/clinic_0405.html (473 words)

	Intro : Jazz Dance Factory, School of American Contemporary Jazz danceance Factory : Contemporary Jazz Dance in ...
		Contemporary jazz dance encompasses a genre of dance styles from Broadway to the Concert Stage, from Cabaret to Video and Latin Dance.
		A delicate mix of Classical Ballet, Modern Dance, Dance Theater and Funk, there is a world of discovery and joy in the art of Contemporary Jazz Dance.
		As both Don and Phillip are also actors of stage, film, television and voice, their choreographic works are thematic and exciting which envelope their audiences into a world of feeling and enjoyment.
	www.jazzdancefactory.com /ENG/Infos_eng/intro.html (128 words)

	Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop Home
		Sponsored by the University of Colorado Department of Theater and Dance, the BJDW is held each summer on the CU Boulder campus.
		The BJDW consists of two weeks of classes in jazz dance, hip hop, jazz funk, and modern dance; as well as ballet barre, approaches to turns, yoga, and a core training class (“Core and More”).
		The Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop, celebrating over a quarter of a century of superior dance education and performance, is an internationally renowned “intensive” unlike any other – it is part dance festival, part dance camp, part college dance program, and part dance convention (minus the competitions).
	www.boulderjazzdanceworkshop.com /bjdwhome.htm (462 words)

	Fox Broadcasting Company: So You Think You Can Dance
		Stage Door Dance Academy Palos Park, IL: August 1998 – June 2002 (I competed with the studio company and took all the required dance classes, ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical, and tap on and off).
		Before So You Think You Can Dance, my most memorable experience was being able to learn the original choreography of Sing, Sing, Sing, a repertory piece from the Giordano Jazz Dance Company as an assistant at the Giordano Jazz Dance Congress in Costa Rica.
		I respect his generation of jazz dancers so much because they pioneered a style that people did not understand, but has now paved the way for a great growth of dance.
	www.fox.com /dance/bios/04_awojda.htm (827 words)

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		Sun Valley jazz festival is where you want to be for your next jazz festival, jazz party, jazz jamboree, jazz jubilee or to dance to jazz music or just sit and listen to jazz music.
		Everybody Loves our Jazz festival because not only is the music great but the new people you meet love to dance and have fun too.
		This year we have dance classes and dance competitions for swing dance and lindy hop with prizes and it's free for badge holders.
	sunvalleyjazz.com (421 words)

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