Intro to Jazz Dance

Jazz Dance was originated in the 1800s by

• Michael Jackson

• African Americans brought over on slave ships

• Jazz Musicians

New Orleans helped with the development of Jazz Dance through

• Dancing

• African American Slaves

• Music Culture

In the 1930s and 1960s Jazz changed from a cultural style to a

• Musical Theater Style

• Ballet Style

• Expression of Emotions

Which one of these people do not belong with the rest of the contributors to Jazz Dance?

• Katherine Dunham

• Ariana Grande

• Michael Jackson

• Jerome Robbins

True or false: As music enhances, jazz dance changes with the music.

• True

• False

Which musical does not belong with the other jazz musicals?

• West Side Story

• Frozen

• Gypsy

True or False: Jazz Dance fuses other styles of dance together like hip hop and contemporary.

• True

• False

Michael Jackson has made jazz popular by

• His innovative (new) dance moves

• His singing

• His fame

Katherine Dunham is a female choreographer who created

• Isolations (moving one part of your body at a time)

• Jazz Music

• West Side Story the Musical

Jerome Robbins choreographed which famous musical?

• Wicked

• West Side Story

• Disney's Descendants