jazz dancer
Stage mover, freestyle
A jazz dancer is a performer of jazz dance, a style characterized by energetic, rhythmic movements that emerged alongside jazz music in early 20th-century America.
The form blends African American vernacular dance with theatrical technique, emphasizing isolations, syncopation, and expressive body movement: She trained as a jazz dancer before moving into Broadway choreography.
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- tapValve controlling liquid flow
- lindy hopHarlem-born swing dance style
- bebopFast, complex jazz style
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
syncopation · rhythm · shimmy · isolations · scat · cabaret · Broadway · choreography · kicks · high kicks · turns · leotard · spotlight · center stage · ensemble · warm up · Fosse · pirouette
- Dancerssoloist, ballerina, breakdancer, b-boy, prima ballerina
- stage dancerschorus girl, chorus boy, showgirl, trouper
jazz dancerballet dancer
Performer of classical movement
ballerina · prima ballerina · classical dancer · folk dancer · square dancer
jazz, dancer, dance, dances, danced, dancing, dancers, jazzy, jazzier