Moves
stylish form of walking
jazz walk
Created the first dance company that solely focused on Jazz
Gus Giordano
How did Jazz get to North America?
the slave trade
Used Jazz exercise technique to heal after a serious car accident.
Eugene "Louigi" Louis Faccuito
Demonstrate a pivot turn
PIVOT TURN
foundational jazz step that moves in a square
Jazz Square
Known for contribution to ballet, theater, movies, and television musicals such a 'Fiddler on the Roof', 'Funny Girl', 'West Side Story' exc.
Jerome Robbins
Jazz music was born from?
Ragtime
"Father of Theatrical Jazz Dance"
Jack Cole
Where was Michael Bennet from?
TUCSON
turning on one foot
pirouette
Known for distinct style with the use of rounding the shoulders, the use of the pelvis, isolation of the arms, and jazz hands.
Bob Fosse
Made familiar by traveling through ballrooms and social gatherings
social dance
Credited with inventing "body isolationism" technique
Kristen Dunham
Jazz dance formed a mutualistic relationship with what?
Jazz music
shifting the weight from one foot to another
ball change
Known for establishing the country’s first racially integrated dance company
Lester Horton
The body positioning, knees bent, rhythms kept by clapping or stomping, and body isolations associated with Jazz all came from what style of dance?
Traditional African Styles of Dance
Dance quality developed by Frank Hatchett that vitalized movement and gave it more depth.
VOP
Demonstrate a parallel passé on relevé
parallel passé on relevé
Pas de bourrée
Started a revolution within motion picture musicals by moving dances off of sound stages and out onto locations.
Gene Kelly
American theatrical form founded on the comic enactment of racial stereotypes.
Minstrel Shows
Choreographer and director of A Chorus Line and Dreamgirls.
Micahel Bennett
Eugene Louis Faccuito created Jazz exercise technique that promotes what?
Alignment and Balance