Task One: Key Features of Jazz Musical theatre dance

 The stylistic features of Jazz dance

Isolations - Movements that involve only one part of the body while the others remain still

Low centre of gravity - Grounded movements, often with knees bent



Contractions- the forward curving of the spine, starting from the pelvic zone.

Sensuality -  Jazz dance has a sexiness that is lacking in more traditional dance styles



Jazz Hands - A musical theatre/jazz gesture in which the hands are waved rapidly to and fro with the palms facing forward and the fingers splayed, commonly used to indicate or express excitement.


Dynamics- the juxtaposition of smooth, fluid movements and direct, sharp and sudden movements. Gives variety and excitement to the style

Jazz dance within SIX the musical 
Throughout the beginning section of the dance 'Ex-wives' we have to strike different poses to match each beat of music. When doing these we have to include a level of sensuality and sass to create strong poses that match the lively and sassy song. In some of these poses I also use isolations to create different shapes with my body such as isolating my wrist or head to enhance the sass I am trying to communicate. The dance also includes lots of slow and sensual drops and poses which back up the use of sensuality in this dance. 
At the chorus of the song 'Ex-wives' we used slow to fast dynamics on the line 'welcome to the show, to the historemix' where we slowly drag our right arm out to the side in a slicing motion then juxtaposing that by suddenly changing the tempo and quickly slicing our left arm out and turning. 

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2023 at 1:51 AM

    In your Blog you have successfully researched and identified the key features of Musical Theatre Jazz and the identified stylistic qualities of Jazz that can be seen in your Dance Performances in SIX the Musical. You have used Pictures and videos to aid this understanding.

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