Human Kinetics' Interactive Dance Series includes Beginning Tap
Dance, Beginning Ballet, Beginning Modern Dance, and now Beginning
Jazz Dance and Beginning Musical Theatre Dance. These titles are
the traditional dance courses taught through dance, physical
education, and fine arts departments for general education
students, dance majors, and minors. Using the steps to success
model and adaptations from the Outdoor Adventure series, these
beginning dance titles contain components from these previous
series. Beginning Jazz Dance is the perfect resource for helping
students gain a strong foundation of beginning jazz dance
techniques. Written by jazz dance choreographer and professor James
Robey, this text * prepares students to have a successful
experience in a beginning jazz dance technique course; * includes
80 photos accompanied by descriptions that visually present the
beginning jazz dance technique and dance concepts that will
reinforce and extend classroom learning; and * introduces students
to the history, artists, significant works, styles, and aesthetics
of the genre so they understand dance as a performing art. In
addition, Beginning Jazz Dance comes with a web resource that
includes 55 photos and 125 video clips of basic jazz dance
technique. Students can access these photos and videos at any time
for their study or practice, and instructors and students alike
will benefit from the wealth of resources on the website, including
assignments, worksheets, glossary terms with and without
definitions, interactive chapter quizzes, and web links to help
students develop their basic knowledge and skills. (The web
resource is included with all new print books and some ebooks. For
ebook formats that don't provide access, the web resource is
available separately.) Through the text, students learn these
aspects of jazz dance: * The core concepts of jazz dance, the value
of studying jazz dance, and class expectations * The structure of a
jazz dance class, the roles of everyone in the studio, and how to
be physically and mentally prepared for class * Tips on injury
prevention, nutrition guidelines, and basic anatomy and kinesiology
as applied to movement in jazz dance * Basic body alignment and
positions in jazz dance * Jazz walks, kicks, turns, leaps, and
floor work Beginning Jazz Dance provides students with the context,
background information, and basic instruction they need in order to
understand the genre and appreciate jazz dance as a performing art.
This text, with its companion web resource, is ideal for dance
majors, dance minors, and general education students enrolled in
beginning jazz dance technique courses. It is also suitable for
students in performing arts and magnet schools and high school
dance programs.
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