Jazz II (260-0-20)

Instructors

Erin L Kilmurray

Meeting Info

Wirtz Center Ballroom: Tues, Thurs 3:00PM - 4:20PM

Overview of class

Jazz II is designed for students who are confident in their own practiced foundational techniques or are experienced beyond basic Jazz dance principles. Choreographic material will acknowledge and be created to compliment the ways in which Jazz dance has developed alongside with popular music, including rhythm, musicality, messaging and aesthetics.

Class structure includes a warm-up, physical conditioning, an across-the-floor section, turn sequences, jumps, and related stylized choreography. Students will work on strength and flexibility, both in body and mind, in order to become smart, versatile dancers. We will activate critical thinking skills to interrogate and celebrate how and why we dance, as well as the ways dancing in the studio is relational to life outside of it.

In order to empower students to find their own individual voice, the classroom culture is intentionally designed as community who are working towards building themselves and each other up to be unique, autonomous, intelligent movers.

Class Materials (Required)

Dance Clothes or Footwear (up to $50) - footwear can include jazz shoes, ballet shoes, socks, or bare feet.