Learn basic jazz techniques and styles, concentrating on building technique, strength, flexibility, rhythm, confidence and style. This course is suitable for complete beginners, for students with basic previous experience of jazz dance technique and for those with basic experience of other core techniques (ballet and contemporary). Students should have a reasonable level of fitness.
You will learn the technical vocabulary used in this dance style. You will also develop musicality and spatial awareness by following different step patterns, dance sequences and group formations set to music with different time signatures and speed.
References to the historical development of the style and its connection with other dance genres from different parts of the world will be shared with you to support your understanding of the style and technique.
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