As a kind of dance, jazz dance has not only become a popular course in dance schools, but also an indispensable item in major fitness places. The following is the introduction knowledge of jazz dance I shared. Let's have a look.
Characteristics of jazz dance
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 has to 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 existence 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 moving position of the upper body of oriental dance are applied.
Dress suggestion
There is no special dress code for practicing jazz dance. The key is to be comfortable. It is suggested to wear close-fitting clothes, which will make dancing more aesthetic.
With the music, your legs move forward or backward, bend your knees, push your hips to one side, pay attention to the movements of your hands and hips, and keep your body balanced and beautiful. Kick, kick, kick combination
Gestures should be coordinated. In addition to hand movements, leg movements are also important. Between advance and retreat, before kicking and after lifting, jumping will make a sexy look. Let's rock the hip-twisting group.
The main characteristics of jazz dance are hip sending, waist twisting and wavy body twisting. With the strong music rhythm, twist your hips and twist your body, releasing elegance between advance and retreat.
skill
"Open mind" is very important: maybe your personality is introverted and implicit, so it is very important to grasp "open mind" when dancing jazz.
The body has three elements: soul, sexiness and balance: head, neck, shoulders, upper limbs, trunk flexion and extension, rotation, circle and swing. Literally, these words have no sense of beauty, but if their movements are connected as smoothly as running water, jazz dance will make you have various customs. A good jazz dancer should not only have correct basic dance steps, but also contain three elements in his body: soul, sexiness and balance.
1 traditional jazz dance. Classical jazz is common in musicals. It's hard to describe in words! )
Balletjazz is a fusion ballet. But this kind of jazz is not from jazz, but from the combination of dance trends. Because jazz dance itself is more explosive than ballet, such as freezing, jumping and kicking, which ballet does not have.
3.hiphop jazz Needless to say, it is of course jazz dance with hip hop rhythm in it.
It is said that fashionable jazz is a mixture of aerobic dance. Between hip-hop and jazz, it feels like hip-hop but lacks rhythm.
5. African jazz: I think the beat is heavy and the movements are big and sharp. Let's pursue the beauty of strength. Usually shake your head.
6. Latin jazz is actually not obvious, but Latin jazz is originally related to international standard dances, such as samba. Regardless of boys and girls, there is a feeling of enthusiasm and temptation when jumping up.
7. A dance style that combines Bay Bauhaus and jazz. BE-BOP is a mixture of House and new jazz, because it is full of footwork like House, but at the same time it must make the body feel stretched like new jazz, so there is also the so-called BE-BOP jazz. There are few dancers who specialize in BE-BOP in Taiwan Province province. There is also acid jazz, which is related to this style in jazz.
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