Our Jazz class begins with a warm-up and stretches designed to increase flexibility and strengthen the core
Our Jazz class begins with a warm-up and stretches designed to increase flexibility and strengthen the core. We work through progressions across the floor that are designed to increase athleticism, challenge dancers through weight & direction changes, and increase musicality. The class focuses on a broad spectrum of Jazz dance styles from Commercial Jazz to Broadway.
Mass Motion Dance (MMD) was founded in Sturbridge, Massachusetts in 1983, under the direction of Terri Gordon, MMD has proven its excellence in dance training. Ms. Gordon, a former member of the Boston Ballet Company and Tanz Forum, the modern dance company of Cologne, Germany, is passionate and driven to develop each student’s technique to its highest level.
In 2003, MMD proudly announced the opening of the Boston studio under the direction of Irada Djelassi. In 2017, MMD Metro West opened its doors in Medfield, MA under the direction and ownership of Irada Djelassi and Alexis Stansky Murphy.
At Mass Motion Dance we place our goals, values and focus on the art of dance and all that it offers the dance student. The arts offers us, as a community, the opportunity for expression and a unique insight into the beauty of the world around us.
Dancer is one of the more challenging of the arts as it involves our total physical and mental commitment, challenges us in a way that is both exhilarating and exhausting. Meeting these demands teaches the dance student many lessons and leads them down a path of self-discovery.
In a world of technology and instant gratification, dance reminds the student tat great accomplishments require time, patience, courage and faith. Dancers must constantly reaffirm their commitment to themselves and their art.
The struggle is real, but the rewards are profound. Whether as a dance student or a dance enthusiast, the enrichment dance brings into our lives is what revitalizes our love and commitment to the wonderful art of dance.
Whether a student’s goal is fitness and recreation or a future career in dance, at MMD dancers will find classes that fit their objective as well as their schedule. Students may choose from a broad range of dance idioms such as ballet, modern, tap, contemporary, jazz, hip hop, Irish step and more.
MMD strives to teach the strongest technique to each student, in a positive setting, allowing each dancer to find their passion for the art and sport of dance. With three locations and over 35 years of experience it is easy to see how students develop into enthusiastic, passionate and powerful dancers.
Qualified professional MMD Faculty is dedicated to ensuring proper training in a positive and personal learning environment. MMD Faculty works as a team and takes great pride in their commitment to providing an unparalleled dance education to each and every student. The highly qualified staff of professionals at MMD has extensive teaching and training backgrounds.
In the early days of Jazz music, dancers were super innovative with their dance steps and interpretations of the 'new' rhythms.The Charleston and Lindy Hop eras produced fantastic moves and ideas that are wildly popular in contemporary Swing dance scenes all over the world today!
Expand your dance vocabulary with emphasis on both jazz and contemporary styles. The class includes technique training, warm up exercises, across the floor combinations, and choreographic variations. Students with prior experience in jazz, modern, contemporary, or ballet styles will be best prepare...
Jazz Dance Classes are offered by Wissahickon Dance Academy. The school’s curriculum meets the needs of the casual dancer as well as the dancer on track for a professional career.
Jazz Funk is a style of dance also called street jazz. It consists of movement from ballet, jazz, modern, hip hop, and lyrical. It is fun and expressive. Some of the movements of Jazz Funk are isolations, flexibility syncopation(off beat), jazz hands, and jumps.Â
Register for a Jazz class and learn some of the moves that keep Everything Goes dancers in the winner’s circle at competitions and festivals throughout the region. Jazz classes are offered for students aged 7 – adult.
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