The word Jazz was originally dance music, but the word "jazz" in music was not used until after 1900. Before that, it was called "Jass". With the birth of 1880 jazz, the word jazz dance came into being. Because jazz has always been quite lively in performance, there will be noisy, manic and lively explanations. 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.

Jazz dance is a fast and dynamic rhythmic dance, which belongs to extroverted dance, unlike the introverted dance shown by classical ballet or modern dance. Jazz dance is mainly the expression of action and melody. Its main purpose is to entertain others and yourself, and it can bring you a good time to get along with others. This is also the reason why its performance is not publicity at all. The joyful atmosphere and spirit in the dance are very infectious. Although you must have very good skills to be a successful jazz dancer, almost everyone can master its basic dance steps, and the performance space of jazz dance is very broad. Personal color and unique style are the most striking places when dancing.

Jazz dance is mainly a dance that pursues pleasure, liveliness and vitality. Its characteristic is that it can dance freely, unlike traditional classical ballet, which must stick to one form and follow the inherent posture, but it is different from disco dance, which is completely entertaining itself and still has a modern law in freedom. For example, you can express your feelings with jazz music, and you can also use or imitate other dance techniques; For example, in footwork and movements, the position and principle of ballet, the sensitivity of tap dancing skills, the contraction and relaxation of modern dance body, the pace and hips of Latin dance, and the upper body movement position of oriental dance are applied.

Style jazz dance and modern jazz dance.

Dance category

There are also many types of jazz dance, especially in the American dance world. The mainstream can be divided into tap dance, stage jazz dance, modern jazz dance and street jazz dance.

Tap dancing can be said to be the originator of jazz dance. As early as the middle of 1800, tap dance appeared, which inherited the complex and divided rhythm characteristics of African dance. 1920 to 1940 jazz dance in prime time, jazz dance is basically equivalent to dance, and tap dance is jazz dance. Professional tap dancers often perform with large jazz bands at this time. Later, due to the change of trend and the development of jazz dance genre, tap dance was gradually regarded as a dance other than jazz dance. Jazz dance can be divided into: stage jazz dance.

Modern jazz, street jazz and so on.