- Title Pages
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- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I What is Jazz Dance?
- 1 Jazz Dance as a Continuum
- 2 The Family of Jazz Dance
- 3 A Twenty-First-Century Jazz Dance Manifesto
- 4 if Jazz Dance, Then Jazz Music!
- 5 Jazz Dance Styles
- Part II Jazz Dance History
- 6 The African Origins of an American Art Form
- 7 Jazz Dance from Emancipation to 1970
- 8 Jazz Dance from 1970 into the Twenty-First Century
- 9 Historical Movement Chart
- Part III Master Teachers and Choreographers, 1930–1990
- 10 The Authentic Jazz Dance Legacy of Pepsi Bethel
- 11 Jack Cole and Theatrical Jazz Dance
- 12 Katherine Dunham’s Mark on Jazz Dance
- 13 Bob Fosse’s Jazz Revolution
- 14 The Legacy of Gus Giordano
- 15 Frank Hatchett’s Jazz Dance
- 16 Luigi, Jazz Dance Icon
- 17 The “Free Style” Jazz Dance of Matt Mattox
- 18 Donald McKayle, Jazz Dance Then and Now
- 19 Lynn Simonson and Simonson Technique
- Part IV Related Forms and Styles
- 20 Tappin’ Jazz Lines
- 21 Jazz Dance in the Broadway Musical
- 22 The Transmission of AfricanAmerican Concert Dance and American Jazz Dance
- 23 Jazz Dance, Pop Culture, and the Music Video Era
- 24 Hip-Hop Dance as Community Expression and Global Phenomenon
- Part V Perspectives on Teaching and Training
- 25 Jazz Dance Training via Private Studios, Competitions, and Conventions
- 26 Jazz Dance in Higher Education
- 27 Jazz Dance as a Gateway to Community Engagement
- Part VI Contemporary Topics in Jazz Dance
- 28 Jazz Dance and Racism
- 29 Vernacular Jazz Dance and Race in Hollywood Cinema
- 30 Jazz Dance as American Export in France and the United Kingdom
- 31 A Study of the Power of Club Jazz in 1980s London
- 32 Performing Energy
- 33 A Journey into the Heart of Jazz Dance
- Appendix A Sampling of Twenty-First-Century Jazz Dance Companies
- Contributors
- Index
if Jazz Dance, Then Jazz Music!
if Jazz Dance, Then Jazz Music!
- Chapter:
- (p.17) 4 if Jazz Dance, Then Jazz Music!
- Source:
- Jazz Dance
- Author(s):
Billy Siegenfeld
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
In the current generation of jazz dance artists, swing does not appear to figure at all as a necessary ingredient of creative practice. Swing music embodies two different rhythms, “ground rhythm” and “jump rhythm,” each with their own personality. Swing emerges from balancing expression in these contrasting states, allowing offbeat accentuations that are at the heart of the jazz experience to pop off the ground with stunning unpredictability. Rock and roll primarily communicates only a single rhythm to the ear. This rhythm tends to repeat without any variation through the duration of a given piece of music. This author feels that if the movements of a dance have been consciously shaped to express the single, two-beat-based rhythm of a piece of music, by definition that dance cannot be considered a “jazz” dance— even if every last movement in the piece replicates in shape a physical gesture borrowed from authentic swing choreography.
Keywords: Ground rhythm, Jazz experience, Jump rhythm, Rock and roll, Swing music
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- Title Pages
- [UNTITLED]
- [UNTITLED]
- Figures
- Tables
- [UNTITLED]
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I What is Jazz Dance?
- 1 Jazz Dance as a Continuum
- 2 The Family of Jazz Dance
- 3 A Twenty-First-Century Jazz Dance Manifesto
- 4 if Jazz Dance, Then Jazz Music!
- 5 Jazz Dance Styles
- Part II Jazz Dance History
- 6 The African Origins of an American Art Form
- 7 Jazz Dance from Emancipation to 1970
- 8 Jazz Dance from 1970 into the Twenty-First Century
- 9 Historical Movement Chart
- Part III Master Teachers and Choreographers, 1930–1990
- 10 The Authentic Jazz Dance Legacy of Pepsi Bethel
- 11 Jack Cole and Theatrical Jazz Dance
- 12 Katherine Dunham’s Mark on Jazz Dance
- 13 Bob Fosse’s Jazz Revolution
- 14 The Legacy of Gus Giordano
- 15 Frank Hatchett’s Jazz Dance
- 16 Luigi, Jazz Dance Icon
- 17 The “Free Style” Jazz Dance of Matt Mattox
- 18 Donald McKayle, Jazz Dance Then and Now
- 19 Lynn Simonson and Simonson Technique
- Part IV Related Forms and Styles
- 20 Tappin’ Jazz Lines
- 21 Jazz Dance in the Broadway Musical
- 22 The Transmission of AfricanAmerican Concert Dance and American Jazz Dance
- 23 Jazz Dance, Pop Culture, and the Music Video Era
- 24 Hip-Hop Dance as Community Expression and Global Phenomenon
- Part V Perspectives on Teaching and Training
- 25 Jazz Dance Training via Private Studios, Competitions, and Conventions
- 26 Jazz Dance in Higher Education
- 27 Jazz Dance as a Gateway to Community Engagement
- Part VI Contemporary Topics in Jazz Dance
- 28 Jazz Dance and Racism
- 29 Vernacular Jazz Dance and Race in Hollywood Cinema
- 30 Jazz Dance as American Export in France and the United Kingdom
- 31 A Study of the Power of Club Jazz in 1980s London
- 32 Performing Energy
- 33 A Journey into the Heart of Jazz Dance
- Appendix A Sampling of Twenty-First-Century Jazz Dance Companies
- Contributors
- Index
