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jazz dance
jazz dance is a form of dance that is matched to
rhythms and techniques of jazz music. Therefore, African America's developed jazz dancing in the early part of the 20th century. -
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Jack Cole
Jack Cole was a dancer, choreographer, and theatre director. Jake is also known as the Father of Theatrical Jazz Dance. -
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Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins was a choreographer, director, dancer, and theater producer Here is some of Jerome stage productions work that he did they are On the Town, Peter Pan, High Button Shoes, The King and I, The Pajama Game, Bells Are Ringing, West Side Story, Gypsy, and Fiddler on the Roof. Jerome was also a five-time Tony Award-winner and a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors. He also received two Academy Awards. -
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Gus Giordano
Gus Giordano was a jazz dancer, teacher and choreographer. Gus also performed on Broadway, movie theater, and television. Gus also taught jazz dance to thousands of people from following places North America, Europe, Asia and South America. Gus was the founder of Gus Giordano Dance School in 1953 and was the founder of Gus Giordano Jazz Dance in Chicago in 1963. -
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Eugene Louis Faccuito ( Luigi,)
Eugene Louis Faccuito was known professionally as Luigi. Luigi was a jazz dancer, choreographer, teacher, and innovator who created the jazz exercise technique. Therefore, the Luigi Warm Up Technique is a training program that promotes the body alignment, balance, and core strength. The Luigi Warm Up method became the world's first standard technique for teaching jazz and musical theater dancing. -
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Bob Fosse
Bob Fosse was a dancer, musical-theatre choreographer, actor, theater director, and filmmaker. Bob directed and choreographed musical works on stage and on screen. These included the following stage musicals The Pajama Game Damn Yankees How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Sweet Charity Pippin, and Chicago These are the following musical films that Bob did they are Sweet Charity, cabaret, Lenny, All That Jazz, and Star 80. -
Mia Michaels
Mia Michaels is a choreographer and judge on the hit television show called So You Think You Can Dance. She has also worked with many artists they include Tom Cruise, Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan, Madonna, Ricky Martin, Prince, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. In 2007 Mia won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for her routine called Calling You on season two of So You Think You Can Dance. She also won another Emmy Award on season five of So You Think You Can Dance in 2010.