Jazz Dancing for Beginners

Learn the basics of jazz dancing and how to put all the elements and moves together to create a routine in this free video series of beginning dance lessons.

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Summary: Jazz dancing has evolved from two different eras in American history. The earliest forms of the dance came from an African American dance between 1800 and 1900. Since then Broadway choreographers have taken it to new places. In the 50's when jazz was the main style of both dance and music tap dance was the style of dance most popular. As the era progressed new dances began to take form such as the Cakewalk, Charleston and Lindy Hop. Tap dance became more of it's own style in itself as modern jazz dancing began to evolve. It is considered a very difficult dance to attain mastery but with work, persistence and these videos you will be that much closer.

In this free video series you will not only learn many of the basics for jazz dancing but how to put them all together. Our expert covers everything from the type of shoes that are best for training to how to isolate your head when performing a move. These hands on videos will walk you step by step through the fundamentals and show you how anyone can be a dancer, even you!!

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Kelly-Anne is a Professional Ballroom & Theatrical Musical Dance coach in South Florida USA. She is a highly versatile seasoned pro. Having cross trained & worked for 15+ years, from live Stage TV Film & Radio performance & choreography in most International cultural Dance forms; Ballroom Social, Nightclub, Go-Go, Hip-Hop, Cabaret, Pole Dance, Belly dance, Creative movement, Fitness, Yoga, Competitions, Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Ethnic Folk, Lyrical, Liturgical Gospel, Lifts, Multimedia, Fashion Modeling, Singing Songwriting, & Music Videos, to name a few. She has earned chorus roles with many productions, sponsorships & commissions for work. She now specializes in teaching Wedding couples as well as producing her own pop musical dance video series 5,6, Dance! … Kelly-Anne’s portfolio can be seen at www.56Dance.com

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