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Historical and Social Context of

Jazz Dance
The varieties of jazz dance reflect the
diversity of American culture. Jazz dance
mirrors the social history of the American
people, reflecting ethnic influences,
historic events, and cultural changes. Jazz
dance has been greatly influenced by social
dance and popular music. But, like so much
that is “from America”, the history of jazz
dance begins somewhere else.
Where does Jazz Dance Originate
from?
As slaves forced into America, starting
during the 1600’s, Africans from many
cultures were cut off from their
families, languages and tribal
traditions.
The result was an intermingling of
African cultures that created a new
culture with both African and
European elements.
The Slave Act of 1740 prohibited slaves
from playing African drums or
performing African dances, but that
did not suppress their desire to cling to
those parts of their cultural identity.
What does this suggest?
In the 19th century, American whites decided
that they enjoyed the music and dance the
slaves had created. In minstrel shows, white
entertainers parodied their conception of slave
life and popularized the African style of dance
and music.
With white dancers as the star
performers of the minstrel and
vaudeville show, it was difficult for a
black dancer to gain stature as part of
a dance troupe.
Because of this, many black
performers migrated to Europe, where
they introduced the newly emerging
forms of jazz music and jazz dance. In
Europe, these talented and innovative
performers were more well-received
than in America. The minstrel show
evolved and was eventually absorbed
into the 20th century musical comedy.
Through the end of the 1920’s,
Dixieland jazz music, with its fast
ragtime beat, spread from New
Orleans to Chicago and New York. The
growth of jazz dance was directly
influenced by this musical genre.
In 1923, the Charleston was
introduced and Americans were quick
to adopt it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqgLrftfmZo
During the Depression of the 1930’s,
people escaped into dance
competitions in hopes of winning a
cash prize.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw1afR4mLvw
Just when social dancing was at its
height, World War 2 put a stop to its
popularity. Lack of attendance, plus
the intricate rhythmic patterns of
modern jazz music, which were too
complex for social dancing, led to the
closing of dance halls and ballrooms.
With the demise of social dance, the
growth of jazz dance as a professional
dance form began. During the 1940’s,
jazz dance was influenced by ballet
and modern dance. By blending the
classical technique of ballet with the
natural bodily expression of modern
dance, jazz developed a sophisticated
artistic quality.
Unlike early jazz dance, which was
performed by talented entertainers
without formal training, modern jazz
dance was performed by professionals
trained in ballet and modern dance.
In the 1940’s there was a serious demand for
groups of trained dancers for film work and Jack
Cole was the one who started developing these
trained jazz dancers for the Hollywood movie
musicals. Also, during this time Gene Kelly,
began making his mark as a dancer in Hollywood
musicals. His impact on jazz was his individual,
energetic dance style that combined athletic,
gymnastic qualities with jazz and tap.
During the 1950’s, Rock and Roll music, which
had been played by black musicians for many
years already at this point, became popular with
teenage audiences and thus new kinds of social
dances developing from Swing Jazz were created
to go with this type of music.
During this decade, the influence of Latin American music and
dance enriched jazz dance as was seen in the landmark
Broadway production of West Side Story, choreographed by
Jerome Robbins . It was also during this time that Matt Mattox,
who had been a dancer of the Jack Cole style in many Hollywood
musicals, began to develop his own teaching and performing
style.
With the 1960’s
came the twist, as
easy to perform,
overnight craze
which brought
adults back to the
social dance floor.
At this point,
Motown was the
new hot musical
craze.
This idea of the lead singer being
spotlighted in front while the back up
singers performed choreographed moves,
was new and is credited to Mr. Charles
“Cholly” Atkins, who was brought in to
Motown to work with these groups and
give them a uniform look onstage.
It carried through the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s in
groups like En Vogue, The Jacksons, The
Backstreet Boys, N’Sync, and is still strong today
in all the vocal stage choreography you see
where a singer has backup dancers.
The 1970s also saw
the huge impact of
John Travolta in
Saturday Night Fever,
which boosted the
image of the male
dancer; of Michael
Bennett’s production
of A Chorus Line; and
the notable jazz
production of
Grease.
But another major influence on jazz dance
came not from a person, but from an area.
Out of the ghetto neighborhoods of New
York City came the dance phenomenon
called breakdancing.
Breaking (specific moves done on or close to the
floor); freestyle (gymnastic moves and partner
lifts); electric boogie (flowing movements that
enter one part of the body and exit another);
popping (any staccato movement); Egyptian (an
imitation of Egyptian style art); and floating
(steps such as the moonwalk, in which the feet
seem to float across the floor). These dance
styles can be traced to the West African cultures
of Mali, Gambia, and Senegal.
In the late 1960s, many West African
dancers came to America and settled
in the South Bronx. Breakdancing
emerged not as an entertainment
form, but as a competition, as a means
of attaining superiority in street corner
fraternities; it was an alternative to
gang warfare.
In the 1980s, breakdancing exploded
out of the ghettos and into
mainstream American dance culture.
In this same period of time, jazz dance
further expanded its horizons when it
combined with physical fitness classes
to make exercise more fun and
sociable. The result was a new hybrid;
aerobic dance classes.
Jazz dance in the 1980s received a tremendous boost
from prominent movies of the decade: Fame,
Flashdance, Footloose, Staying Alive, Breaking and
Dirty Dancing.
Attendance in jazz dance classes
skyrocketed with students eager to
conquer this exciting dance form.
American businesses noticed the large
audience appeal of jazz dance and
moved in quickly to capitalize on the
craze. As never before, jazz dance
appeared in television commercials for
Panasonic, Coca-Cola, and many fast
food chains.
The 1980s also saw the
introduction of MTV a new
medium for dance and
professional dancers. When
MTV began broadcasting in
1981, music videos
combined high-energy jazz,
ballet, street dance and
social dance in striking and
innovative ways. Some
major choreographers of
the period were Michael
Peters, Jeffrey Hornaday,
Lester Wilson, Toni Basil,
Paula Abdul, and Janet
Jackson.
The supreme video star of
the 1980s was of course,
Michael Jackson. Michael
Jackson made a major
impact on the direction of
jazz dance with his
creative dance steps, his
videos, his presentation
and his choreography,
most of which was done
by Michael Peters, or by
Jackson and Peters as a
team.
In the 1990s jazz dance world, the buzz words in
training centers were street dancing, street funk,
and hip hop. Street dance is inner city dance
taken directly from the street corners with
performers using “boom boxes” as their
accompaniment. The Fly Girls dancers featured
on the early 1990s hit show In Living Color, gave
many primetime viewers their first look at street
dance. Choreographer Rosie Perez is credited
with developing this style of jazz which mixed
street moves with technical ballet and jazz
moves.
Jazz dance in the new century
continues to both look back to the
classics for inspiration and move
forward to create new dance
performances.
The history of jazz dance has evolved in
pace with the music and moods of each
decade. African American culture has been
a huge influence on the development of
jazz dance. The Charleston, Lindy Hop,
Jitterbug, Swim, Watusi, Breakdancing, and
Hip Hop all grew out of the full-bodied,
free- spirited music and dance heritage of
African American culture.

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Historical and social context of jazz dance

  • 1. Historical and Social Context of Jazz Dance
  • 2. The varieties of jazz dance reflect the diversity of American culture. Jazz dance mirrors the social history of the American people, reflecting ethnic influences, historic events, and cultural changes. Jazz dance has been greatly influenced by social dance and popular music. But, like so much that is “from America”, the history of jazz dance begins somewhere else.
  • 3. Where does Jazz Dance Originate from?
  • 4. As slaves forced into America, starting during the 1600’s, Africans from many cultures were cut off from their families, languages and tribal traditions.
  • 5. The result was an intermingling of African cultures that created a new culture with both African and European elements.
  • 6. The Slave Act of 1740 prohibited slaves from playing African drums or performing African dances, but that did not suppress their desire to cling to those parts of their cultural identity. What does this suggest?
  • 7. In the 19th century, American whites decided that they enjoyed the music and dance the slaves had created. In minstrel shows, white entertainers parodied their conception of slave life and popularized the African style of dance and music.
  • 8. With white dancers as the star performers of the minstrel and vaudeville show, it was difficult for a black dancer to gain stature as part of a dance troupe.
  • 9. Because of this, many black performers migrated to Europe, where they introduced the newly emerging forms of jazz music and jazz dance. In Europe, these talented and innovative performers were more well-received than in America. The minstrel show evolved and was eventually absorbed into the 20th century musical comedy.
  • 10. Through the end of the 1920’s, Dixieland jazz music, with its fast ragtime beat, spread from New Orleans to Chicago and New York. The growth of jazz dance was directly influenced by this musical genre.
  • 11. In 1923, the Charleston was introduced and Americans were quick to adopt it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqgLrftfmZo
  • 12. During the Depression of the 1930’s, people escaped into dance competitions in hopes of winning a cash prize. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw1afR4mLvw
  • 13. Just when social dancing was at its height, World War 2 put a stop to its popularity. Lack of attendance, plus the intricate rhythmic patterns of modern jazz music, which were too complex for social dancing, led to the closing of dance halls and ballrooms.
  • 14. With the demise of social dance, the growth of jazz dance as a professional dance form began. During the 1940’s, jazz dance was influenced by ballet and modern dance. By blending the classical technique of ballet with the natural bodily expression of modern dance, jazz developed a sophisticated artistic quality.
  • 15. Unlike early jazz dance, which was performed by talented entertainers without formal training, modern jazz dance was performed by professionals trained in ballet and modern dance.
  • 16. In the 1940’s there was a serious demand for groups of trained dancers for film work and Jack Cole was the one who started developing these trained jazz dancers for the Hollywood movie musicals. Also, during this time Gene Kelly, began making his mark as a dancer in Hollywood musicals. His impact on jazz was his individual, energetic dance style that combined athletic, gymnastic qualities with jazz and tap.
  • 17. During the 1950’s, Rock and Roll music, which had been played by black musicians for many years already at this point, became popular with teenage audiences and thus new kinds of social dances developing from Swing Jazz were created to go with this type of music.
  • 18. During this decade, the influence of Latin American music and dance enriched jazz dance as was seen in the landmark Broadway production of West Side Story, choreographed by Jerome Robbins . It was also during this time that Matt Mattox, who had been a dancer of the Jack Cole style in many Hollywood musicals, began to develop his own teaching and performing style.
  • 19. With the 1960’s came the twist, as easy to perform, overnight craze which brought adults back to the social dance floor. At this point, Motown was the new hot musical craze.
  • 20. This idea of the lead singer being spotlighted in front while the back up singers performed choreographed moves, was new and is credited to Mr. Charles “Cholly” Atkins, who was brought in to Motown to work with these groups and give them a uniform look onstage.
  • 21. It carried through the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s in groups like En Vogue, The Jacksons, The Backstreet Boys, N’Sync, and is still strong today in all the vocal stage choreography you see where a singer has backup dancers.
  • 22. The 1970s also saw the huge impact of John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever, which boosted the image of the male dancer; of Michael Bennett’s production of A Chorus Line; and the notable jazz production of Grease.
  • 23. But another major influence on jazz dance came not from a person, but from an area. Out of the ghetto neighborhoods of New York City came the dance phenomenon called breakdancing.
  • 24. Breaking (specific moves done on or close to the floor); freestyle (gymnastic moves and partner lifts); electric boogie (flowing movements that enter one part of the body and exit another); popping (any staccato movement); Egyptian (an imitation of Egyptian style art); and floating (steps such as the moonwalk, in which the feet seem to float across the floor). These dance styles can be traced to the West African cultures of Mali, Gambia, and Senegal.
  • 25. In the late 1960s, many West African dancers came to America and settled in the South Bronx. Breakdancing emerged not as an entertainment form, but as a competition, as a means of attaining superiority in street corner fraternities; it was an alternative to gang warfare.
  • 26. In the 1980s, breakdancing exploded out of the ghettos and into mainstream American dance culture. In this same period of time, jazz dance further expanded its horizons when it combined with physical fitness classes to make exercise more fun and sociable. The result was a new hybrid; aerobic dance classes.
  • 27. Jazz dance in the 1980s received a tremendous boost from prominent movies of the decade: Fame, Flashdance, Footloose, Staying Alive, Breaking and Dirty Dancing.
  • 28. Attendance in jazz dance classes skyrocketed with students eager to conquer this exciting dance form. American businesses noticed the large audience appeal of jazz dance and moved in quickly to capitalize on the craze. As never before, jazz dance appeared in television commercials for Panasonic, Coca-Cola, and many fast food chains.
  • 29. The 1980s also saw the introduction of MTV a new medium for dance and professional dancers. When MTV began broadcasting in 1981, music videos combined high-energy jazz, ballet, street dance and social dance in striking and innovative ways. Some major choreographers of the period were Michael Peters, Jeffrey Hornaday, Lester Wilson, Toni Basil, Paula Abdul, and Janet Jackson.
  • 30. The supreme video star of the 1980s was of course, Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson made a major impact on the direction of jazz dance with his creative dance steps, his videos, his presentation and his choreography, most of which was done by Michael Peters, or by Jackson and Peters as a team.
  • 31. In the 1990s jazz dance world, the buzz words in training centers were street dancing, street funk, and hip hop. Street dance is inner city dance taken directly from the street corners with performers using “boom boxes” as their accompaniment. The Fly Girls dancers featured on the early 1990s hit show In Living Color, gave many primetime viewers their first look at street dance. Choreographer Rosie Perez is credited with developing this style of jazz which mixed street moves with technical ballet and jazz moves.
  • 32. Jazz dance in the new century continues to both look back to the classics for inspiration and move forward to create new dance performances.
  • 33. The history of jazz dance has evolved in pace with the music and moods of each decade. African American culture has been a huge influence on the development of jazz dance. The Charleston, Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, Swim, Watusi, Breakdancing, and Hip Hop all grew out of the full-bodied, free- spirited music and dance heritage of African American culture.