Jazz I

Catalog description

Prerequisite: None. Introduction to fundamentals designed to develop basic skills in jazz technique. Each session will include a warm-up period in which students will focus on alignment, strength building, increasing flexibility, and developing fundamentals for building technique; a section dedicated to technical exercises in the center; jazz progressions across the floor; and finish with extended movement combinations and class dance. An emphasis will be placed on developing skills in musicality, dynamic range, and performance quality.