Timeline
This origins of Jazz music and dance were brought to America by this group of people.
What are Black Africans?
Means to Pass through.
What is Passe?
An auto accident left him paralyzed on the right side. Doctors claimed he would never walk again.
Who is Luigi Giordano?
White Americans decided they enjoyed the music and dance the slaves had created and stole their style in this century.
What is the 19th Century?
A Jazz step that makes a box.
What is a Jazz Square?
During the 1920's he became the leading man for Movie Musicals.
Black Dancers migrated to this part of the world because performance opportunities were saturated with white dancers.
What is Europe?
A Jazz step that incorporates three movements (Back, side, front)
What is a Pa De Bourree?
Dixieland Jazz music (which directly influenced the growth of Jazz dance) spread fast in these three cities.
What are New Orleans, Chicago, and New York?
________ is incorporated into Giordano's techniques as a means of relaxation.
What is yoga?
The Father of Theatrical Jazz Dance
Who is Jack Cole?
Jazz Dance emerged in the U.S. in this century.
What is the 20th Century?
The Four Qualities of Movement.
What are Smooth, Sharp, Shakey, & Swingy?
Motown, the hot new musical craze, came out of this city.
What is Detroit?
Who is Mr. Charles "Cholly" Atkins?
The Slave Act of 1740 prohibited slaves from doing these two things.
What are Playing African Drums & Performing African dances?
Means "Round of the Leg" or "Circle Movements with the Leg"
What is Rond De Jambe?
Refers to the theatrical performances presented in the 41 professional theatres located in the Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
What is Broadway?
A black tap dancer who achieved world fame through the clean and clear percussive rhythms of his feet.
Who is Bill "Bojangles" Robinson?