| Jazz as Dance | | | | certainly had no interest in this particular form of |
| Jazz as Dance | | | | dance. The good news for those who enjoyed this |
| While few people understand the true origins of Jazz | | | | style of dance is that there were plenty of places in |
| as a music form,Visit here now | | | | which jazz, as a form of dance and music, was |
| fewer people still understand the origins of jazz as | | | | readily embraced. You had to go off the beaten path |
| a style of dance. Jazz is very much a fatherless child. | | | | a little in order to find it but for many it was well |
| More than that however, jazz as music and dance | | | | worth the effort. |
| seem to have many mothers despite the fact that | | | | Jazz music and dance was popular for quite a while |
| they have no father. By this I mean that there are | | | | and then seemed to go underground except in cities |
| many influences to this colorful form of music and | | | | such as Memphis, New Orleans, Kansas City, and St. |
| dance though no one influence is notable enough in | | | | Louis where it was an ingrained part of the history |
| the new creation to be considered the 'father' or | | | | and culture. We have seen a reemergence of this |
| 'mother' for that matter of jazz. | | | | once popular style of music and dance in recent |
| Though jazz has many supposed birth places it really | | | | years however with some notable musicians bringing |
| only has one true home and that home would be | | | | back the swing and 'big band' sound that went hand |
| New Orleans. Much like the music this city is famous | | | | in hand with jazz as both a music form and a style of |
| for, New Orleans is a city without a father too. New | | | | dance. |
| Orleans was a melting pot in the truest sense of the | | | | You should understand however, that when it comes |
| word before we had any real clue what it meant to | | | | to jazz dance, much like the music, there are no |
| be a melting pot. From the influences of the French, | | | | definitive rules that you must follow in order for it to |
| Spanish, German, English, and of course the | | | | be jazz. There are no rigid dance steps that must be |
| population of former slaves and black free men and | | | | adhered to for the 'jazz' effect. Jazz dance is often |
| women, New Orleans was the perfect place for this | | | | confused as 'tap dance' because tap music was often |
| blended and mixed style of music and dance to call | | | | set to jazz music. It is important however to realize |
| home. | | | | that jazz isn't limited to tap dance and that other |
| It is no wonder that jazz dance emerged as the | | | | styles of dance fall under the rather large umbrella of |
| result of jazz music. There are simply no adequate | | | | 'jazz dance'. |
| dance steps for the delightful music we have come | | | | Some of the more common jazz dances include: |
| to know over the years as jazz. For this reason | | | | Black Bottom, Boogie Woogie, the Cakewalk, the |
| something new and a little bit off the main path was | | | | Charleston, the Jitterbug, the Lindy Hop, and swing |
| needed in order to keep time and pace with the new | | | | dancing. Each of these styles of dance seems to be |
| music that was emerging. | | | | making a rather remarkable comeback in popularity |
| As a style of dance, jazz was much more 'brazen' | | | | over the course of the last two decades and are |
| than dances in the past had been and in some circles | | | | very interesting to watch, as well as in which to |
| considered to be singly unseemly. Polite society | | | | participate should you ever have the opportunity. |