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jazz danceDance based on African techniques and rhythms, developed by black Americans around 1917. It entered mainstream dance in the 1920s, mainly in show business, and from the 1960s the teachers and choreographers Matt Mattox and Luigi expanded its vocabulary. Contemporary choreographers as diverse as Jerome Robbins and Alvin Ailey used it in their work. |
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Inspired by Duke Ellington's jazzy version of Tchaikovsky's original, Drika Overton, producer and creator of Clara's Dream: A Jazz Nutcracker, adds a rhythmic flare with Irish dancers, jazz dancers, body-percussionists, lindy hoppers, and tap dancers. They hook buyers with the romantic illusion of moving like a ballerina or a jazz dancer. There are a lot of jazz dancers out there doing pseudo hip hop," says Stretch. |
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