Group 1 P.E Reporting.

What comes to your mind when you hear the word DANCE?
REPORTERS
ARLYNDA PRINCESS GEREMIE RANIEL
JESTER EMMY AIDA

OBJECTIVES
At the end of the discussion the students

are expected to:
● know what is Jazz dance and modern

dance
● Identify where and when this dances

originated
● able to know the basic movements of
both Jazz and Modern dance
● able to know their similarities as well as
differences
TOPIC
“Basic Movements of:
JAZZ AND MODERN DANCE”

WHAT IS JAZZ
DANCE
•Jazz dance is a form of

dance that combines
both African and
European dance styles.
This high-energy dance
has a liveliness that sets
it apart from traditional
dance forms, such as
classical ballet.
WHEN WAS JAZZ
DANCE STARTED?
—Jazz dance developed from both 19th- and 20th-century
stage dance and traditional Black social dances and their
white ballroom offshoots. On the stage, minstrel show
performers in the 19th century developed tap dancing
from a combination of Irish jigging, English clog dancing,
and African rhythmic stamping.
WHERE WAS JAZZ
DANCE
ORIGINATED ?
The story of Jazz dance begins with the importing of

African culture to America through the American slave
trade.
NOTABLE DIRECTORS, DANCERS ANS CHOREOGRAPHERS
1. Katherine Dunham
Known as the Matriarch of Black Dance, Dunham blended Caribbean
movements with Jazz by incorporating body isolations she learned through
Anthropological trips.
2. Jack Cole
A trained Modern dancer who became a Broadway favorite for his uniquely
exuberant movements, and inspired other greats like Bob Fosse and Gwen
Verdon.
3.;Josephine Baker
Josephine’s take on Jazz dance was a blend of erotic and exotic, featuring
quick steps and kicks, playful facials, and improvisational movement.
4. Gene Kelly
Gene Kelly was a playful presence on-screen and off, who used his Ballet
foundation to wow audiences with his high-energy execution of Jazz dance steps.
5. Bob Fosse
One of the most famous Jazz choreographers of all time who created iconically
provocative dances for Broadway musicals such as Cabaret and Chicago.
6. Talley Beatty
With an ability to flawlessly blend the clean lines of Ballet, visceral strength of
Modern dance, and rhythmic isolations of Jazz, Beatty became a popular figure in
both the Ballet and Jazz communities.
7. Cyd Charisse
Frequently called one of Hollywood’s greatest dancers, Charisse’s sensual way of
executing Jazz choreography captivated audiences throughout the 40s and 50s.
8. Pat Taylor
Pat celebrates Jazz origins in the present day by choreographing works that focus on
the interplay between live Jazz music and imaginative storytelling.
TECHNIQUES
1. Center Control
—it helps to balance the body while dancing
2. Spotting
—it enables dancers to balance and control their
body when executing turns.
3. Pointing
—dancers stretch their ankles and point their toes to
align their feet.
4. Toe rise
—the dancer rises from a kneeling position while
supporting the body on the top of the toes.
BASIC MOVEMENTS
.
OF
1. BALL CHANGE
JAZZ DANCE
—Quick transfer of weight from
one foot to the other.
2. BOX STEP/JAZZ DANCE
—-A four-step movement in which the dancer steps across,

back,to the side, and then to the front, making a square pattern
on the floor
3. CHASSE
—Step out in any direction in plié, then jump and
“chase” the first leg with the second, landing on
the first leg –– like a gallop with pointed toes
4. THE CHARLESTON
—A popular move in which the weight is shifted
from one leg to another, with the free leg being
kicked out either forward or backward at an oblique
angle.
5. JAZZ PAS DE BOUREE
—A move where the weight is transferred quickly from
one foot to the other in three steps.
6. PIROUETTE
— A pirouette is when a dancer turns on one foot. While one leg
remains planted on the ground, the other leg spins, turning the
dancer’s body.
7. JAZZ WALK
—-Jazz walks are a stylish form of dance walking that use a tiptoeing
step to turn the walk into a cat strut. Jazz walks are ways to transition
from one movement to the next, or you can use them as a statement
dance move on their own.
WHAT IS MODERN DANCE ?
—Modern dance is a highly

expressive style of dance that
challenges the structured dance
technique of classical ballet. The
focus of modern dance is
expression, rather than following a
rigid set of postures or technical
positions that ballet dancers are
trained in.
WHEN WAS
MODERN
DANCE
STARTED?
Modern dance was born at the
beginning of the twentieth
century out of the need to
recreate dance, to tear it away
from the formal, stifling vigor of
ballet, as well as from the
image of the other forms of
dance as light-weight sordid
entertainment.
WHERE WAS
MODERN
DANCE
ORIGINATED?
Modern dance originated in Europe and
America in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries. It was seen as combining the
physical and emotional, to express the
human spirit.
From the late 1930s some modern dance

practices were brought to New Zealand
and taught to New Zealanders by
Europeans.
PIONEERS OF
MODERN
DANCE
•LOIE FULLER — developed a form of natural
movement and improvisation techniques.
•ISADORA DUNCAN (1877-1927)— considered as the
mother of American modern dance.
•RUTH ST. DENIS (1875-1968) — raised in a Bohemian
environment and was encouraged to perform from a
young age
•TED SHAWN– personal partner of Ruth St. Denis.
(DENISHAWN)
•MARTHA GRAHAM (1894-1991) — mother of

American Dance
BASIC
MOVEMENTS
OF MODERN
DANCE
CHAIN TURNS
JUMP
GLIDING STEP
LEAP Front to back and side to side steps

SIMILARITIES DIFFERENCES
•The similarities is they are •Contemporary is more
both dance styles that needs expressionistic and fluid than
balance jazz. Contemporary dance
emphasizes upon natural
•relies on basic ballet body movements allowing for
movement. more improvisations than
jazz dance.
DIFFERENCES
•Modern dance choreography is performed with

a theme in mind while Jazz dance is free form
and employs a variety of sharp turns, hops,
jumps, leaps and jazz walks set to an upbeat
style of music. In modern dance, these
movements are softer and more fluid.
REMINDER!
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What comes to your mind when you hear the word DANCE?

ARLYNDA PRINCESS GEREMIE RANIEL

JESTER EMMY AIDA

At the end of the discussion the students

● know what is Jazz dance and modern

● Identify where and when this dances

“Basic Movements of:

JAZZ AND MODERN DANCE”

•Jazz dance is a form of

The story of Jazz dance begins with the importing of

2. BOX STEP/JAZZ DANCE

—-A four-step movement in which the dancer steps across,

—Modern dance is a highly

From the late 1930s some modern dance

•MARTHA GRAHAM (1894-1991) — mother of

LEAP Front to back and side to side steps

•Modern dance choreography is performed with

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