Jazz Dance, Beginning 2

Catalog description

Students will refine the technique of jazz dance at the beginning 2 level while deepening their application of jazz dance terminology and rhythmic structures. The student will integrate beginning positions, isolations, and locomotor movements into full body actions and explore movement qualities, rhythms, and musical phrasing unique to jazz dance. The students will gain an appreciation of their unique bodies in relation to jazz dance as a dynamic art form. Students will be introduced to the aesthetic, cultural, and historical contexts of jazz dance.