Jazz Unit

Jazz paralleled the birth and spread of jazz itself from roots in

• Black American Society

• Russian Corporations

• German jazz culture

Jazz dance radically altered the style of American and European stage and social dance in the 20th century

• YES

• NO-it did no such thing

On the stage minstrel show performers in the 19th century developed

• the robot dance

• the arm lock dance

• tap dancing

By the 1940s elements of jazz dance had appeared in modern dance and in motion picture choreography

• FALSE-it never appeared outside the Broadway revues

• TRUE

Jazz dance began first began when

• African slaves would participate in cultural dances

• music videos hired dancers

• the app tik tok was created

• people would dance in clubs

Jazz dance became a social dance when

• people would go to concerts

• people would dance to the jazz instruments being played in clubs/restaurants

• it was on tv

• people would choreograph dances in plays/musicals

Jazz dance is called an umbrella style because

• umbrellas are often used as a prop in jazz dances

• its roots are in marching bands

• slaves used to do their cultural dances in the rain

• it covers different styles of dance like hip hop, ballet, and African dance

Jazz Dance was originated in the 1800s by

• Michael Jackson

• African Americans brought over on slave ships

• Jazz Musicians

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