Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Check in Question Tuesday June 7

 "Jazz has been seen as a music and dance style, as a technique and as an attitude."- Garrett Ake

What is jazz? 

4 comments:

  1. Hi Class this is Flory.

    To me Jazz is a genre of music I associate with soul and blues combined to create a bold sound. Listening to Jazz makes me feel sophisticated and cultured. It's hard to not want to move your body when you listen.

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  2. Taniya - To me jazz is two things, a sound of music, and a more upbeat way of dancing. Jazz music can be compared to more of a blues and soul sound, like a lot of what they use to play in the early 1960's. Jazz dance is high energy and there is more improvisation unlike ballet where you have to learn specific moves.

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  3. Jazz dance is a dynamic and creative personal improvisation. It is a fast and dynamic rhythmic dance, which belongs to an extroverted dance, unlike the introverted dance shown by classical dance and ballet.

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