The Essential Guide to Jazz Dance

Dollie Henry, Paul Jenkins (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2019
The Crowood Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78500-635-7 (ISBN)

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Jazz dance and its inherent music is recognized as one of the original and most potent art forms of the last two centuries. From its African roots to our present-day global dance community, the jazz idiom has afforded a cross-fertilization with all other artistic, cultural and social representations within the arts industry, providing an accessible dance platform for dancers, teachers and creatives to enjoy both recreationally and professionally. The Essential Guide to Jazz Dance offers a practical and uncomplicated overview to the multi-layered history, practices and development of jazz dance as a creative and artistic dance form. It covers the incredible history and lineage of jazz dance; the innovators, choreographers and dance creatives of the genre; specifics of jazz aesthetic, steps and styles; a detailed breakdown of a practical jazz dance warm-up and technical exercises; creative frameworks to support development of jazz dance expression and aesthetic; performance and improvisation; jazz music and musical interpretation, and finally, choreographing and creating jazz works. With over 230 colour photos and a wealth of tips and advice, this new book will be an ideal reading companion for dancers of all abilities, dance teachers, choreographers as well as all jazz dance enthusiasts.

Dollie Henry is an award-winning dance practitioner who has straddled a career of over 45 years as a performer, choreographer, director, creative producer and educator, and is recognized as one of the most formidable exponents of jazz dance in the UK. Her vast career crosses musical theatre, concert dance, music production, film and television. As founder and artistic director of the jazz theatre company Body of People (BOP), she continues to create original jazz theatre repertoire and commissioned theatre projects. Dollie is a dance adviser for the AOLE Welsh Educational board, creative consultant with CGO institute and Audition Circle. Dollie is an Associate Teacher of ISTD and a Patron of IDTA, The Hammond school and Ignite Dance Theatre Company. CEO of Jazz Theatre Arts UK and was awarded an MBE for Services to Dance in the 2023 Queens Platinum Birthday Honours list. Paul Jenkins has a professional career spanning 40 years as a jazz musician (trumpet), composer, arranger, music producer and educator, creating musical scores and compositions for television, film, dance and musical theatre. His work spans all musical genres and he continues to teach jazz trumpet, practical recording and music technology workshops throughout the UK and internationally. Together with Dollie he is co-artistic director and musical director/composer of Body of People (BOP) and CEO of Jazz Theatre Arts UK.

Erscheinungsdatum	11.05.2020
Zusatzinfo	Diagrams; Halftones, black and white; Halftones, color; Illustrations
Verlagsort	Ramsbury
Sprache	englisch
Maße	189 x 246 mm
Gewicht	535 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport
ISBN-10	1-78500-635-5 / 1785006355
ISBN-13	978-1-78500-635-7 / 9781785006357
Zustand	Neuware