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Jazz is now known as diverse and energetic dance style in which the creativity and expressiveness of the dancers are promoted. It gives a platform for many people to express their emotions through something fun and unique.

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The roots of Jazz dance actually come from Africa, performing performed traditional dances such as the Cakewalk (seen on the right) and the Pattin’ Juba.

Their style: earthy; low, knees bent, pulsating body movements emphasized by body isolations and hand-clapping.

But as African Americans migrated through slave trade in the 1600s, they were cut off from their original traditions forced to get rid of those traditions but were not willing to let go of their culture. and thus created a new culture with both African and European elements.

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was a pre-Civil War dance originally performed by slaves on plantation grounds. The Cakewalk people would stand in a square formation with men on the inside perimeter and then dance around the ballroom as if in mimicry of the white man's attitudes and manners.

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Eventually, during the 19th century, White colonizers became fond of these movements and began appropriating their dances and incorporated them into minstrel and vaudeville shows. These were entertainment featuring songs, dances, and formulaic comic routines based on stereotyped depictions of black Americans, typically performed by white actors with blackened faces, now regarded as highly offensive.

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Dunham Technique is a vibrant African American dance form that engages the body, mind and spirit. She has been called the "matriarch and queen mother of black dance." Although it is not necessarily considered jazz, her technique is still used in jazz dance.

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He is highly considered the most influential innovator of jazz dance. Bob Fosse created a technique that merged elegance and exaggerated skits with some quirkiness. Think curved shoulders, turned-in knees, bowler hats, punctuated hand movements, finger snaps, sideways shuffling. In This video, it contains many emotional and highly energetic moves which are very mesmerizing to watch.

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known as "the Father of Theatrical Jazz Dance", Jack Cole started to include African and East Indian dance moves into his dance choreography. Cole's technique styles included huge leaps from deep pliés, rapid direction changes, long knee slides, syncopation and isolations of the head, arms and fingers.

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As Jazz music became well-known in America and Europe, which spread from New Orleans to Chicago and New York, the dancing style also grew in popularity as well. People even saw the beginning of dance trends such as the Charleston, Jitterbug, and Swing, Boogie-Woogie, all tracing its origins all the way back to African tribal dance.

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Furthermore, during the Depression of the 1930’s, people
started to participate in dance competitions and various forms of dance emerged. Jazz dance became a studied technique instead of a social dance. Even dancers with training in ballet and modern dance took up jazz as a professional discipline, adding a level of sophistication to the techniques.

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A playful and improvised couple dance. In medium or slightly fast tempo, is has significant footwork based on musical interpretation. The usual step variation is a six-beat dance pattern, cued as "triple step, triple step, step, step", with words "step" taking a whole beat and pieces "tri" and "ple" together taking one beat.

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As African Americans were sidelined in the beginnings of Jazz, they decided to move to Europe. Their talents received more recognition and acclaim than in America, with some being able to make a living with Jazz dance.

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Yes, The history of Jazz Dance is dark and uncomfortable, but dancers and non-dancers need to be educated on such topics to learn from past mistakes and to shed light things that should be never done again. People cannot continue to be ignorant and let such degrading activities be accepted and continued in modern day society.

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Jazz dance then has spun off into so many sub-genres and variant styles that these days it has a presence across all media. Street dance, swing dance, and hip hop are examples of the later influences of jazz dance. Modern-day jazz dance and its successor forms are popular within the music industry, featured in stage plays and musicals, at events, in schools, on the streets, and across the internet.

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This is a video of a contemporary jazz piece that is typically seen throughout the dance world. It contains the basic jazz outfit as well. This piece must be performed by immense emotions, containing various difficult moves and steps with those emotions.

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OCU Jazz Choreography to "Torn" Cover by James TW

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- jazz square

- isolations

- chassé

- jazz layout

- jazz walk

- Pirouette

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- Surprise leap

- Switch Sauté

- Switch leaps

- Dive Rolls

- Forward Penché Rolls

- Turning Attitude jumps

- Illusions

- Axel variations

- Turning a la Seconde Leap

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