Keeping Jazz Dance Alive - In Studio and On Stage
- Author
- Impact Dance Adjudicators
- Published
- Thu 03 Dec 2020
- Episode Link
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Guests - Mary Roberts and Terrill Mitchell
Hosted By - Courtney Ortiz and Lesley Mealor
In Episode 40 of Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast, Courtney and Lesley talk with jazz dance experts Mary Roberts and Terrill Mitchell to uncover some truths about jazz in the 21st century!
Topics Include:
- Steps and movement qualities that are MUSTS in your jazz training
- Why the history of the movement and the style are still important today
- The real reasons jazz dance seems to be disappearing from competition
The blog that inspired this episode was released in March 2017, and titled “Getting Jazzy With It!”. Read now!
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- Courtney - @courtney.ortiz
- Lesley - @lil_lez36
- Mary - @msmaryroberts
- Terrill - @tmitchell227
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Check out some of the resources we spoke about in the episode!
- Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance
- Whitey's Lindy Hoppers in "Hellzapoppin'"
- "Prologue" from "West Side Story" - directed/choreographed by Jerome Robbins
- Giordano Moves
- Introduction to Bob Fosse
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