Jazz dance originated from musical theatre and incorporates a number of dance styles including classical ballet and hip hop.
Jazz dance originated from musical theatre and incorporates a number of dance styles including classical ballet and hip hop.
A typical jazz class begins with a warm up that is focused on stretching and isolating different body parts. Within a jazz dance routine, students can expect to learn movements like turns, jumps and pirouettes as well as step sequences, body isolations and contractions.
Jazz dance is a broad term that encompasses several different styles including commercial jazz, lyrical jazz, street jazz, jazz ballet. MAPA teach all aspects of these jazz styles in class.
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Jazz Dance Lessons are offered by Anita Coutts School of Dance. It is our belief that an individual and carefully balanced program prepared for each individual student, catering to their specific needs is what ensures the continued happiness of the students and their families year after year.
These grades are highly technical and skilful. Using the Ballet Australasia Syllabus students who reach this level have given complete dedication and hard work to their dancing.
A jazz class starts with warm up, technical work in the centre and at the corner and the concludes with choreography.
These are progressively graded classes using the International Dance Technique syllabus.
Junior Jazz is a class that is for fun and fitness. Routines are taught to modern music and students learn to construct and remember different choreography each week.
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