DANCE EDUCATION- HISTORY OF JAZZ DANCING

Jazz Dancing finds its roots in African folk dancing.

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Africans believe in using the entire body to express dance.

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• False

African dance entered America during the slave trade.

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• False

Different styles of jazz dancing developed simultaneously with jazz music in New Orleans.

• True

• False

Jazz dance spread from the South to Northern cities during the great migration.

• True

• False

Up until the 1950s, "jazz dance was commonly used as term for what type of dancing?

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During what years did jazz become a performing art and was incorporated on Broadway as the cultural element were replaced by intricate choreography?

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In what year was Katherine Dunham born?

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What are some of the things Katherine Dunham is credited for?

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What year was the great American choreographer Bob Fosse born?

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