Jazz Name
The original name of Jazz Dance
What is tap dance
Elements that jazz dance blends
What are tap steps, social dances, ballet, African, and European dance styles
The type of music Jazz Dance evolved with
Jazz Music
What did Jack Cole do?
He used ethnic movement, especially East Indian and Asian motifs
Considered the “father of jazz dance”
What did Gus Giordano do?
He wrote the “Anthology of American Jazz Dance” which includes jazz history and technique
Creator of Jazz Dance World Congress
A term that came about in the English language to describe the music of the early 1900s
What is Jazz Dance
What happened to the improvised, social aspect of jazz dance?
It began to be replaced with intricate choreography
Any dance to jazz music/accompaniments.
What is Jazz Dance
What did Matt Mattox do?
He choreographed for Broadway and television
He designed a series of exercises to train a dancer in body isolations
His class had a jazz feel but kept the format of a ballet class
What is one of Bob Fosse's most notable works?
Chicago
When Jazz Dance began
What are the 1900s
The social dances of the people
What are Jazz Roots
1. What happened to Jazz Dance in the 1940s?
It pulled away from jazz music and became a blend of ballet and modern with strong rhythms
What did Jerome Robbins do?
He fused dance and drama
Choreographed Broadway musicals like West Side Story, Call Me Madam, The King and I, Peter Pan, Gypsy, and Fiddler on the Roof
What style of dance did Jerome Robbins start with?
Ballet at ABT (ABT = American Ballet Theater)
How is Jazz Dance usually seen?
Entertainment only
Where did Jazz Dance evolve into what we see today?
Broadway
What does Jazz Dance have strong ties to?
The music of the cultures, and the dance is often about the ties of movement and dance
What did Bob Fosse do?
Revolutionized musicals with his signature moves, and provocative steps
Style includes turned-in knees, the sideways shuffle, rolled shoulders, and the splayed-finger shaking jazz hand.
One of his most notable works is Chicago.
What branch of military did Luigi Serve in?
Navy
What happened to Jazz after the 1950s?
It became a performing art
What were New Orleans slaves allowed to do?
Slaves in New Orleans were allowed to retain and practice elements of their African heritage.
How is Jazz Dance different from Ballet?
Entire body is engaged in simultaneous movement, in contrast to classical ballet in which shapes are made by moving the limbs around a still or designed torso
What did Luigi do?
He was a well known Hollywood dancer
He was involved in an automobile accident that left his right side paralyzed
He discovered ways to strengthen, condition, and control his body during rehabilitation and began his own warm-up routine as well as technique
What is one of Jerome Robbins' most notable works?
West Side Story