Jazz Dance The word jazz was originally dance music, in music terms of "Jazz" was used after the year 1900, before that seems to be called "Jass", with the birth of jazz in 1880, with the birth of jazz dance; and because jazz has always been quite lively in the performance, there will be noisy, manic, lively meaning of the explanation. With the birth of jazz music in 1880, the term jazz dance came into being; and because jazz music has always been quite lively in its performance, it has been interpreted as noisy, manic and lively. The essence of jazz dance movement is a free and pure expression, which directly expresses the inner feelings with the body's upturning, shaking and twisting. Just like when we hear our favorite music, we can naturally show our feelings from the inside, and our body can't help but move with the rhythm of the music, such as snapping our fingers, swinging our head and feet, sometimes excitedly and fiercely, and sometimes slowly and softly, dissolving into the music. Jazz dance is a kind of rapid and dynamic rhythmic dance, which belongs to a kind of outgoing dance, unlike a kind of introverted dance expressed by classical ballet or modern dance. Jazz dance is mainly a movement and melody performance, the main purpose is to entertain others as well as themselves, can bring themselves and others a good time, which is why its performance is not at all pretentious, the dance exudes a pleasant atmosphere and the spirit of happiness is very infectious. Although it is said that one must have very good skills to become a successful jazz dancer, but almost everyone can master its basic steps, and jazz dance performance space is very wide, personal color and unique style is the most eye-catching place when dancing. Jazz dance is mainly a kind of dance that pursues happiness, liveliness and vitality. Its characteristic is that it can dance freely, not like the traditional classical ballet must be confined to a form and abide by the inherent posture, but and disco dance that completely self-enjoyment of the dance is different, it is still in the freedom of the existence of a kind of present law. For example, it will be with jazz music to express feelings, but also with the help of or imitation of other dance techniques; such as in the footwork and movement, the application of ballet position and principles of movement, tap dance techniques of sensitivity, modern dance contraction and relaxation of the torso, the Latin dance steps and hip swing and the Oriental dance of the upper body to move the position, and so on. Style type jazz dance and modern jazz dance. Edit this section of the development history 1, the origin of jazz dance jazz dance is an extension of African dance, brought to the United States mainland by the black slaves, and in the United States gradually evolved to form a localized, popular dance. Black Africans were subjected to the slave trade for about three hundred years, which made them demobilized in the United States and all over the world. In their new environment and new life, they lived a bleak and miserable life of slavery, but in spite of this painful situation, they still did not forget their music and dance. No matter in life's joy, anger, sorrow, happiness or worship gatherings, as long as there is an opportunity, they will sing the songs of their hometown and dance their national dances. And because they are constantly innovating and inventing new dance steps, gradually Americans are interested in these rhythmic black dances. So over time is gradually turned into a joyful, urban type of music and dance. 2, the emergence of jazz dance jazz dance in the early twentieth century in accordance with the natural accompaniment of jazz and evolved down, but also because jazz music in the performance, has always been quite lively, "Jazz" (jazz up) will have a noisy, manic, lively meaning. The earliest jazz dances were performed by black social dancers to jazz music, and were prevalent in the countryside of the American South, especially in the city of New Orleans, where some amateur dancers would perform jazz dances at parties or clubs. By 1917, when the popular dancers followed the meaning of the lyrics to perform, one called Benton Overstreet (W. Benton Overstreet) wrote a song called "The Jazz Dance", and this song in the "Jazz Dance" became a permanent synonym for jazz dance, the name of the jazz dance was created. 3. Improvement of Jazz Dance When Jazz Dance appeared in the form of "dance music" accompanied by improvisation and fast-paced jazz music, those black and white dancers improved and changed the basic steps, and also inspired the innovations of the latecomers to increase the swing of the hips, the shaking of the shoulders and other parts of the body's independent movements. With the black people in New Orleans began to play their jazz music in 1920, it became popular to mix the body of the rock type of dance, such as the Charleston dance (Charleston), West fan dance (Shimmy), Lindy dance (Lindy) and so on are prevalent for a while, and later more Boogie Woogie (Boogie-Woogie) and the Jitterbug (Jitterbug) was born. The birth of Boogie-Woogie (Boogie-Woogie) and Jitterbug (Jitterbug), there was a big change in the type of dance, from the previous always embraced the dance, changed into a kind of dancers and dance partners to separate the dance. 4, the evolution of jazz dance in the second half of the 30s to the 40s, jazz dance evolved into three types of expression: the first is a strong classical ballet flavor of modern jazz dance, the second is affected by the black and Latin dance jazz dance, and the last one is mixed with witty music and tap mixed jazz dance. Although jazz was so popular at that time, it began to go downhill in the late 1940s because new jazz music replaced the big jazz orchestras in the past, and the rhythm of its music was too complicated to match the dance steps, plus the invention of the phonograph, and the government (U.S.A.) levied a heavy tax on dance venues, which led to the closure of a number of dance clubs that had once been popular for a while. Although the decline of jazz dance is an old-fashioned type, it also represents a rite of passage. Based on the United States is a melting pot of nationalities, so the new jazz dance also has a very high degree of integration, it will be the old generation of jazz dance steps and 50, 60, 70 era of the popularity of the new dance steps mixed together, but also to undertake the rise of the mass media, driven by the jazz dance boom.
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