The varieties of jazz dance reflect the diversity of American culture. Jazz dance mirrors the social history of the American people, reflecting ethnic influences, historic events, and cultural changes. Jazz dance has been greatly influenced by social dance and popular music. But, like so much that is “from America”, the history of jazz dance begins somewhere else.…
he was one of the first famous African American tap dancers in the U.S. and was also a jazz tap…
Jazz and African American dance forms were a huge influence on Alvin Ailey. Talley Beatty, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and the Nicholas Brothers were four different choreographers in this genre. Name two others.…
Elvis Presley, the king of rock & roll is such an iconic figure in the world of music. He made an uproar in culture with his hip shaking moves and his dynamic voice. In fact, many television programs censored his waist down because it was to proactive for the teenagers at the time. His voice made teenagers go wild. He had this deep, southern voice that many people mistakenly though he was black. His music made people feel alive. He was a prodigy and love by…
They have impacted nearly every aspect of dance past, and present like modern, hip hop, street, and Broadway theatre. Dance can very through out different cultures. Alvin was big about not every one doing the same thing, he like to see their uniqueness. Alvin uses the body as a sculpture. When Alvin choreographs something his form and line mean something, there not just standing anywhere on stage. Much of the dance movements on stage comes from everyday movement, but there just exaggerated when it becomes dance movement. He also uses a variety of music because different music inspires different…
Miles Davis was an American Jazz musician back in the 1960s. He was not only a terrific trumpeter, but was also a bandleader and composer. Miles Davis is just one of the people who had a major impact and influence on the Jazz-Rock fusion era and artists in the late 1940s. Unknowingly, Miles Davis would grow and become one of the leading figures in the Jazz world, and would help Jazz-Rock to be brought to the mainstream music…
Stevie Wonder should be remembered for inspiring many artists and winning many awards in musical arts. Stevie has influences on artists such as Kanye West and has also inspired artists such as Prince, Drake, Michael Jackson and many more. Stevie Wonder has also won many awards including more than twenty Grammy awards. Stevie Wonder also attempted to make Martin Luther King Day a national holiday in the United States.…
In the context of music, there is only a handful who have been legendary enough to be labeled as “kings” of their genre. Two of these include the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll” Elvis Presley and the “King of Pop” Michael Jackson. They revolutionized their respective genres. These music stars are able to boast bold style choices, pragmatic personalities, and multiple award-winning albums and songs. Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson, though part of different genres and hailing from different pasts, held strikingly similar methods of pushing boundaries with their music and style.…
"The beat is basically what takes you through life. Whether we have an up-tempo beat or a slow beat. It's just a beat. There will always be the beat, you know, and there's rhythm in everything," Savion Glover. Dance has always been considered an art of expression but it is the certain individuals who make dance come alive and speak to the masses. Savion Glover is one of these talents, considered as a child prodigy, who has redefined the meaning of tap dancing and tap culture around the world. He is noted as one of the best tap legends of his time, influenced by tappers such as Buster Brown, Chuck Green, and Lon Chaney. Savion Glover’s story is not shy of emotion or rhythm as he has self expressed his way into the hearts of all human beings through tap dance.…
Astaire was a very talented dancer. He perfected everything he did. He made it look so easy. He is now one of the most talked about dance icons in the world. Astaire influenced Michael Jackson in his dance moves. Michael Jackson actually, dedicated his biography Moonwalk to Fred Astaire. Fred Astaire was a dancing icon to many throughout his life. Even people who don’t dance know about him or know his dances. When he died, Ronald Reagan said he was “An American Legend” and “the ultimate dancer”. He will always be an American legend for what he did in the tap…
In today’s society the African American community still dominates the music industry with song and dance. Recording artists such as Michael Jackson, Jay Z, Whitney Houston, Beyonce, Chuck Berry, Little Wayne, and Janet Jackson are few of the many African American artists that have influenced America with their traditional ethnic rituals of song and dance.…
Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana on 1958, and it wasn’t short after that that he would hop onto the fast track to a life chock-full of success, happiness, turbulence, and controversy. At the extremely early age of five, Michael became the lead singer of the legendary Jackson 5, a group consisting entirely of his family members. With being as young as he was, Michael’s vocal work was amazing and he was able to showcase emotions very well. The Jackson 5 was eventually signed under Motown and the Motown music style can be seen as an influence in some of Michael’s later songs. Despite Michael launching his extremely successful solo career at the age of 13, he still continued to work with his family in The Jacksons (renamed from the Jackson 5 after their departure from Motown) and his numerous hit songs helped the group’s popularity even more. It cannot be stressed enough the impact that Michael’s family had on his career. His father’s determination to train his sons and turn the…
Duke Ellington inspired me because he showed that if you work hard at what your good at it doesn’t matter the race, you can accomplish it. I am half African-American it knowing that Ellington accomplished so much during his time period makes me proud. It also makes me more determined to accomplish my dreams through hard work. Ellington life also shows all people that you can also follow your dreams now matter if your poor, middle class, or rich you just have to stick to…
Many Americans enjoy sitting back, relaxing, and listening to the jazz and swing rhythms of one of the best musicians of the 20th century, Louis Armstrong. Louis Armstrong is easily recognized by simply listening to his infamous raspy voice and legendary, creative skill on the trumpet. All Armstrong had to do to play beautifully was to play one note. Louis Armstrong had a strong influence in music. His forte in jazz, ragtime, and swing was solo performing and improvisation. First, his dedication to music influenced jazz music and then later all popular music. I chose Louis Armstrong because of his love for music as well as his charismatic attitude towards life. A question I want to investigate more thoroughly is how and why Louis Armstrong impacted jazz and popular music.…
The Jazz music of the Big Band Era was the pinnacle of more than thirty years of melodic advancement. Jazz was so creative and diverse that it could truly clear the world, changing the melodic styles of about each nation. Enormous band Jazz that makes the feet tap and the heart race with fervor that it is perceived with almost every kind of music. The melodic and social upset that achieved Jazz was an immediate consequence of African-Americans seeking after vocations in expressions of the human experience taking after the United States common war. As slaves African-Americans has learned couple of European social conventions. With more opportunity to seek after vocations in expressions of the human experience and conveying African imaginative customs to their work, African-Americans changed music and move, in the U.S., as well as everywhere throughout the world. For after the war, African American artists and performers…