Jazz Dance Research Paper

As the amount of days dwindle and the end of the semester is approaching, I believe I am finally constructing what Jazz Dance is to me and how it applies to my body. So far I recognize that Jazz Dance has origins that began in Africa due to the Atlantic Slave Trade and began to take shape and form when Europeans structured it to suit their fancy. Although Jazz Dance was prominent in the Black society, it was quite different than what their White counterparts were performing. From there I recognized that Jazz Dance frequently evolves in which, depending on what is currently in an area, that is the shape and form Jazz Dance begins to display. Furthermore I believe Jazz Dance also displays a dancers inner being or character in which this is a dance form in which you can see a dancer’s personality and body comfortably. Similar to how Jack Cole described Jazz as having an essence and it comes from a dancer’s feeling (Siegenfeld 268). So I would, in a short explanation state that Jazz Dance is a style that has African origins that constantly evolved since then to the time era …show more content…
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