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jazz dance

Dance 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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Each year the Congress features classes led by some of the best jazz-dance teachers in the world.
On fads and fundamentals: jazz dance teachers share their perspectives by Voedisch, Lynn / Dance Magazine
Since then, the company has continued to develop, with some regional touring and appearances at jazz-dance congresses, but the policy of the board has been to limit financial risk even though it also limits the speed of their growth.
Big Byrd flies west. (News) by Kurtz, Sandra / Dance Magazine
She also developed a system of movement called "Freedance" (not to be confused with the form called freestyle, developed by jazz-dance pioneer Matt Mattox) with collaborator Marine Jahan, who did the dancing for Jennifer Beals in the movie Flashdance.
Nothing Slight About Her by LANDGRAF, HEIDI / Dance Magazine
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