TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kriegel,Lorraine Person
AU  - Chandler-Vaccaro,Kimberly
TI  - Jazz dance today
SN  - 0314027173 (acid-free recycled paper)
AV  - GV1784 .K75 1994
U1  - 793.3 20
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Minneapolis
PB  - West Pub. Co.
KW  - Jazz dance
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-150) and index; CHAPTER 1: PREPARING FOR THE JAZZ DANCE CLASS; Knowing What You Want to Achieve and How to Achieve It ; Checklist: Goals of a Dance Class ; What to Wear and Why ; Understanding the Necessity of Training ; Terminology ; Listening to Music in Class ; Getting Prepared Mentally ; Checklist: Mental Preparation ; Getting Prepared Physically ; Your Personal Warm-up ; Checklist: Benefits of an Adequate Warm-up ; What's Missing from a Jazz Dance Class ; Summary ; Endnotes --; CHAPTER 2: JAZZ DANCE TECHNIQUE; How Today's Jazz Class Developed and Why ; Basic Dance Technique ; Checklist: Alignment ; Checklist: Dance Technique ; Vocabulary ; Summary ; Endnotes --; CHAPTER 3: THE JAZZ DANCE ClASS: A MODEL; Checklist: Common Elements of the Class ; Physical Training ; Style Training ; Checklist: Preparing for a Successful Class ; Warm-Up Sets ; General Warm-Up (Large Muscle Groups) ; Fine Tuning (Smaller Muscle Groups) ; Strengthening Exercises ; Flexibility Exercises ; Endurance Conditioning ; Isolations ; Checklist: Was Your Warm-Up Successful? ; Specific Skill Development ; Short Combinations ; Long Combinations ; Cool Down ; Reverence ; Summary ; Endnotes --; CHAPTER 4: BASIC NUTRITION AND CARDIORESPIRATORY CONDITIONING; Nutrition for the Dancer ; Overview of the Basics ; What, How Much, and When ; Cardiorespiratory Conditioning ; Checklist: Nutrition and Weight Control ; Summary ; Endnotes --; CHAPTER 5: SUPPLEMENTAL STRENGTH TRAINING FOR THE DANCER; Supplemental Strength Training ; Upper Body ; Lower Body ; Summary ; Checklist: Strength Training ; Endnotes --; CHAPTER 6: SUPPLEMENTAL FLEXIBILITY TRAINING FOR THE DANCER; Supplemental Flexibility Training ; Upper Body ; Lower Body ; Checklist: Supplemental Flexibility Training ; Summary ; Endnotes --; CHAPTER 7: DISCIPLINE AND TRAINING SCHEDULES; Discipline and Training Schedules ; Checklist: A Positive Mental Attitude ; Variety in Training ; Body Therapies ; Scheduling ; Summary - Endnotes --; CHAPTER 8: WHAT IS JAZZ DANCE?; America's Folk Dance ; Jazz Energy: the Kinetic Push ; Checklist: What the Experts Say ; Checklist: Jazz Energy ; The Jazz Culture ; Checklist: Today's Jazz Dance Class Culture ; Social Dance/Theatrical Dance ; 1900-1950 ; Latin American Influences ; Jazz Dance Today ; Jazz Dance's Global Future ; Endnotes --; CHAPTER 9: JAZZ DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY; Choreography ; Choreographer ; Choreographing ; Jazz Choreography ; Movement Shaped into Meaning ; Developing Jazz Movement ; Shaping with the Tools of Choreography ; Checklist: Time as a Tool ; Checklist: Space as a Tool ; Checklist: Groups in Space ; Checklist: Using Dynamics as a Tool ; Creating Meaning: The Creative Process ; Endnotes --; CHAPTER 10: THE PERFORMANCE; Jazz Dance: A Performing Art ; Presence ; Projection ; Performance Craft ; Checklist: Performing with Confidence ; Endnotes --; APPENDIX A: BASIC MUSCULATURE CHART --; APPENDIX B: ESSENTIAL INFORMATION ON VITAMINS AND MINERALS --; APPENDIX C: CALORIE/ACTIVITY CHART --; APPENDIX D: DANCE PUBLICATIONS AND JOURNALS --; APPENDIX E: VIDEO RESOURCES --; APPENDIX F: DANCE WEAR --; APPENDIX G: JAZZ CONVENTIONS/COMPETITIONS --; APPENDIX H: PREPARATION CHECKLISTS (CHOREOGRAPHY) --; APPENDIX I: JAZZ TIMELINE. APPENDIX --; APPENDIX J: SUGGESTED READING
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