The study of jazz dance is indispensable for the understanding and practice of every movement. I have sorted out most of the commonly used terms and action points of jazz dance for you, hoping to help you.
Arabic style
Swallowing balance: one leg supports the body weight, and the supporting leg can be everted or not; Knees can be bent or straight. The free leg is fully extended, and then raised as high as possible in a balanced posture.
attitude
Leg bending balance: one leg supports the body weight, and the supporting leg can rotate outward or not; Knees can be bent or straight. The free leg is bent forward and lifted sideways or backward (the free leg may or may not be turned outwards).
Batman (ballet basic practice movement, refers to the uniform movement of the action legs)
Swing leg: the knee joint of the swing leg is locked, swinging upward from the hip joint, and then swinging back to the ground. Technical support legs can be bent or straight, and feet can be extended or bent. Straight knees and straight legs can swing forward, in two directions or backward.
Chasse / Sashay
Sliding step: one foot steps horizontally, the other foot immediately steps next to the first foot, and the first foot steps sideways again. Actions can also be done forward or backward.
Corner & side direction
Direction of corners and edges;
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Bend your knees into a semi-squat: When bending your knees, your feet and legs can keep balance and turn forward or outward (two postures).
Foot position
Foot position: one to five; One and two are commonly used.
Grandpley
Bend your knees into a squat: when one, four or five people do this, their heels leave the ground, and when two people do this, their heels remain on the ground.
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One-legged jump: Take off and land with the same foot.
Hook kick
Quick pull kick: it is a kicking action completed in the air. Take off on one foot, swing the other leg, bend the knee upward and pull the whole body upward, and then kick the take-off leg forward and upward quickly; When kicking, keep your feet straight, keep your feet straight.
Isolation (isolation)
Independent movement: To move or highlight a part of the body independently.
Jazz split
Jazz split: the front legs are straight, sliding to the ground, and the rear legs are everted and flexed. It is customary to buffer by hand.
Jazz square
Jazz Step: Make a square in four steps. Example: the right foot crosses the front side of the left foot, the left foot retreats, the right foot crosses into two positions, and the left foot moves forward.
Jazz ramble
Jazz step: step in a half-knee position, keep your feet balanced and move forward. When doing this, the head and trunk should be extended upward, as far away from the half-bent leg as possible.
Small jump
Jump: a jump in which one foot takes off, the other foot touches the ground first, and the center of gravity shifts from one foot to the other. When in the air, the legs are apart. Attitude. Jumping can be forward, backward or sideways. The back legs can be more curved.
jump
Jump: take off with both feet and land with both feet.
overall arrangement
Alignment with the central axis: Body parts directly connected with the spine (i.e. head, ribs and intervertebral disc bones) are placed in alignment with the spine. The action can be forward, backward or sideways.
Lateral turn
Rotate outward: rotate on one leg. If you turn right, your left foot is the support leg; If you turn left, your right foot is the support leg.
Parallel position
Parallel posture: the extension lines of two body parts are parallel. Take feet and legs for example. When standing with legs apart, when both feet and knees are pointing forward, a parallel posture is formed.
Pass?
One-leg knee lifting: the posture in which the movable leg lifts the knee along the inner edge of the support leg until the extended toes are spliced on the inner side of the support leg knee.
Percussive
Describe the action is strong and fast.
Toe rotation
One-leg rotation: one leg rotates in situ, the movable leg bends its knees generally, and the extended toes are spliced on the inner side of the supporting leg.
kneel
Meaning: In French, any flexion of the body is also called pli? . In dance, it often refers to the action of bending the knees.
Stripping position
An important position in jazz dance. Bend your knees and lift your heels off the ground. The control of movements should come from the thigh muscles.
Release; Emissions; issue
Relaxation: Relaxing an originally tense body part, or especially stretching a certain body part.
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Lift heel or lift heel: Knees can bend and jump straight.
Rond De Jambe
Semi-circle leg swing: the leg swing action in which the movable leg is completely straight, the toes touch the ground in front, and a semi-circle is drawn along the ground to move backward, or from the back to the front.
Seat rotation
Sitting rotation: when sitting, rotate with hips as fulcrum and axis. It often starts with pushing the ground by hand.
spirality
Spiral: The body and trunk make a spiral twist.
crack open
Word horse/word division: the action of sitting on the ground and spreading your legs back and forth or left and right.
lasting
Continuation in the same action: to prolong an action and give it a sense of continuity.
Desktop position
Desktop posture: the upper body bends forward from the hip joint, and the head, neck and whole back stretch in a straight line. Knees can bend and straighten, so it is difficult to pose on the table when bending knees.
Tendu
(Wipe the floor) Toe-Toe: Push out the soles of your feet by wiping the floor, arch your instep outward, and raise your heels as high as possible, only your toes are still on the ground. This action can be carried out in all directions.
Three-step turn (side)
Three-step turn: complete the 360 turn in three steps (left-right-left or right-left-right).
Torsion of trunk
Torsion of the torso: The pelvis remains facing in one direction, while the upper body, including the chest, shoulders and head, turns in the other direction.
Two-step turn
Two-step turn: complete 360 turn (left or right) in two steps.
shrink
Varus/valgus: Does it mean that the feet, knees and hips are turned inward? Into the foot? .
become
Eversion/Eversion ("open position"): refers to the outward rotation of the feet, knees and hip joints, so that the toes are angled. If you can be extremely everted, you can arrange your feet in a straight line. )