DN 103 - Modern Jazz Dance I

Credit Hours: 3

This course continues the history and foundation of Jazz dance, which is covered in Introduction to Dance. Also covers the latest trends in jazz dance and terminology in which the concepts of jazz dance are taught. This involves specific phrases such as barre work, jazz barre, jazz stretches, walks, isolations, turns, jumps and combinations. Special rhythms and beats, general movements to choreographed floor progressions. Also comparisons of modern jazz and rock technique.
Cycles (C, N, S)