Dance 1 Spring Final

The jazz class begins with a series of warm-up exercises that include both total-body movements and isolations.

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Jazz dance safety does not require being aware of kicks, leg extensions, big jumps, leaps, and fast-moving combinations in general space.

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Jazz dance is versatile; it can adapt to social, concert dance, musical theater, and entertainment styles.

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Jazz dance was created before Ballet.

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An isolation is an exercise in which you move individual parts of the body while the rest of the body stays still or moves in a different way.

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Jack Cole is considered the father of theatrical jazz dance.

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Syncopation is the simultaneous use of two or more rhythms that are not readily perceived as deriving from one another, or as simple manifestations of the same meter.

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Bob Fosse both choreographed and directed All That Jazz.

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The forced arch position is practiced in Ballet, Modern, and Jazz.

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Jazz is an ever-changing creative expression that echoes the life and times of the people in each decade.

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