Introduction to jazz dance

There are many kinds of jazz: street jazz, RAGGAEPOWER jazz, modern jazz, sexy jazz, new jazz and so on.

Modern jazz evolved from ballet dance, which is a very elegant and elegant dance. It is also one of the basic dances of other jazz dances.

Sexy jazz is very sexy, adding some sexy evolution to the modern softness.

Power jazz dance is a kind of power jazz dance, which pays great attention to the outbreak and control of gravity and power, and it is a very explosive dance.

FUNKY JAZZ is similar to POWER JAZZ and one of its strengths, but he pays attention to the combination of strength and process, jumping like PUNKY in HIPHOP.

Street jazz is composed of power jazz, FUNKY and some HIPHOP elements! Very obvious

Lag dance, I think it is a very popular girl dance now! The feeling of NEWSCOOL that combines sexy jazz and HIPHOP! His original is the pole dance in PUP! This is not a lap dance. Most of the rags we see now are adaptations.

About new jazz

In fact, new jazz is the jazz that we generally dance now, but with more postures.

In the past, there may be dancing before looking for music, but trendy jazz has music and choreography, like MTV.

New Jazz evolved from new york's ballet. . .

Created the hip-hop charm of ballet fusion.

In fact, the characteristics of new jazz can also be said to be a dance of jazz and hip-hop.

Jazz dance is a dance brought to the United States by African slaves, so its dance is as primitive, enthusiastic and unrestrained as African character. After jazz dance was introduced to the United States, it absorbed the elements and skills of ballet, modern dance, hip-hop dance and Latin dance, and wanted to express the burning amorous feelings, sending hips, twisting the waist and twisting the body, all of which revealed the charm and sexy of women.

The origin of jazz dance

Jazz dance is a "multi-performance dance" which combines ballet, modern dance, African dance, performance dance, theater dance, ballroom dance and East Indian folk dance, so it is unique and unique. Jazz dance and music originated in the United States and have a strong slave culture background. Until the 1920s, "Jazz" spread all over the country, and everyone scrambled to learn. Jazz dance needs a solid foundation connection, coupled with full physical and mental input, in order to show the essence.

Jazz dance is an extension of African dance, which was brought to the United States by slaves and gradually evolved into a localized popular dance in the United States. Because of the slave trade that lasted for about 300 years, African blacks were fired in the United States and all over the world. In the new environment and new life, I live a miserable slave life. Although in this painful situation, I still haven't forgotten their music and dance. No matter the joy, anger, sadness, joy and worship in life, whenever there is an opportunity, they will sing the songs of their hometown and dance their own national dance, so over time they will gradually become jubilant and international music and dance. Because of the constant innovation and invention of new dance steps, Americans are gradually interested in these rhythmic black dances.

Jazz dance evolved naturally with jazz at the beginning of the 20th century. The earliest jazz dance was performed by black ballroom dancing accompanied by jazz, which was popular in rural areas in the southern United States, especially some amateur dancers in New Orleans. They will perform jazz dance at parties or clubs. 19 17, when popular dancers performed according to the meaning of the lyrics. A man named W. Benton Overstreet wrote a song called "The Jazz Dance", and the "Jazz Dance" in this song became a permanent synonym for jazz dance, from which the name of jazz dance came into being.

When jazz dance appeared in the form of "dance music", black and white dancers improved and changed their basic dance steps. In addition, they also inspired the innovative inspiration of the latecomers, increasing the swing of hips, shoulders and independent movements of other parts of the body.

Since 1920, black people in New Orleans began to play their jazz music, many rock dances with mixed styles have been very popular, such as Charleston, Summer and Call. Later, due to the birth of Boogie-Woogie, the dance style has changed a lot, and the two have been hugging each other.

From the late 1930s to the 1940s, jazz dance evolved into three forms: the first is modern jazz dance with strong classical ballet flavor, the second is jazz dance influenced by black people and Latin dance, and the last is mixed jazz dance with humorous music and tap dance. Although jazz dance was very popular at that time, it began to decline in the late 1940s, because the new jazz music replaced the old big jazz band, and its music rhythm was too complicated to match the dance. In addition, the invention of the phonograph and the heavy taxes imposed by the government (the United States) on the dance floor have led to the closure of many dance clubs that were once in the limelight.

Although it is the decline of old jazz dance, it only represents a ceremony connecting the past and the future. Based on the fact that the United States is a melting pot of a nation, new jazz dance also has a high degree of integration; It combines the jazz dance steps of the older generation with the new dance steps that were popular in the fifties, sixties and seventies, and also inherits the rise of mass media and promotes the prosperity of jazz dance.

The jazz dance we see today retains the characteristics of syncopated music melody (see note), throwing limbs or independent operation, but it can be performed not only with jazz music, but also with pop music, blues music, rock music or disco music. Today's jazz dance has great inclusiveness and plasticity, and can absorb the characteristics of the most popular music and dance at any time. Because of this, jazz dance is very entertaining and deeply loved by the public.

The Development of Jazz Dance in Hong Kong

Jazz dance is mainly used as a form of stage performance in Hongkong, and typical examples are Aaron Kwok and Sammi Cheng. Take Aaron Kwok as an example. His songs, such as City of the Wilderness, Legend of Innocence and Singing this Song, all use jazz dance to enhance the expressive force of the stage.

Characteristics of jazz dance

In addition, the dance accompaniment seen in concerts or MTV is also a kind of jazz-modern jazz. Jazz performed by a group of people can be roughly divided into traditional jazz dance and modern jazz dance. The former has more restrictions and requirements; The latter has less restrictions, so it has greater freedom and more changes in dance steps, mainly in line with the music beat.

The characteristics of new jazz are: the extension of body. Every movement of new jazz has a fixed angle and swing mode.

When dancing the new jazz dance, you will feel infinitely extended when doing hand movements, just like someone holding your hand.