Task 1-Key features of jazz dance
The dance style Jazz originated in black America in the 20th century with isolating, sensuality Jazz dance paralleled the birth and spread of jazz itself from roots in Black American society and was popularized in ballrooms by the big bands of the swing era. Key features/characteristics of Jazz Dance, which are used in musical theatre dance: Isolating body parts: In the style of jazz dance, the dancer would isolate a part of your body such as only the head, shoulder, rib cage, hips and wrists. For instance, in anna of Cleves song 'Get Down' the queens start of by isolating their wrists shown clicking to the beat shown in the clip below. Sensuality: The style of Jazz is a very sexual style of dance which means making the body flow and look sexual throughout the movements which include slow to fast actions. In our SIX rehearsals in the song 'SIX 'during the lyrics 'The song blew their minds' we bend our knees moving our arms in and out slowly in sensuality