Jazz dance, like modern dance and ballet, is a severe test of physiology, which makes warm-up preparation before practice extremely important. Warm-up exercises can also bring psychological and physical benefits to jazz dancers. From a physiological point of view, the effects of warm-up exercise include:
It can increase the speed and strength of muscle contraction, improve the coordination of muscles, and prevent or reduce the injury of muscles, tendons and ligaments; Especially jazz dancers, back, chest, abdomen and other parts are also used quite frequently, so we should pay more attention when doing warm-up exercises. Psychologically, it can make learners have the psychology of preparing to start sports and a prelude to cultivate emotions, so that students can concentrate more and feel the motivation of learning.
The warm-up of jazz dance is very rhythmic, usually lasting 20-30 minutes. Because of the toe, quick kick, rotation, jump and continuous or rapid contraction of the abdomen in jazz dance courses.
Therefore, the squat and standing movements of ballet are often added to warm-up exercises to help prepare the muscles of feet and legs. In addition, independent and combined movements of upper limbs and trunk are needed to achieve the effect of whole body warmth and muscle flexibility.
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The word Jazz was originally dance music, and it was not until 1900 that the musical term "jazz" was used. Before that, it was called "jass".
With the birth of 1880 jazz, the word "cooperation" came into being. Because jazz has always been quite lively in performance, there will be noisy, manic and lively explanations. With the spread of the media, jazz dance has been widely spread. Jazz dance begins with jazz and ends with dance. As long as they are combined, the temperament and movements of jazz dance are combined.
The essence of jazz dance is a free and simple expression, which directly expresses the inner feelings with the shaking and twisting of the body. Just like when we hear our favorite music, we naturally express our feelings from the heart, and our bodies can't help moving with the rhythm of the music, such as snapping our fingers and swinging our first foot, sometimes excited and sometimes slowly and gently dissolving into the music.
Reference link: Baidu Encyclopedia _ Jazz Dance