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The Fosse Style

cover of The Fosse Styleauthor: DEBRA MCWATERS
asin: 0813031532
binding: Paperback
list price: $34.95 USD
amazon price: $25.51 USD


Even people with the barest interest in Broadway can recognize the unique, angular, sensual style of Bob Fosse. With its small gestures and isolated movements, it is frequently copied--and often misinterpreted.
For there is far more to it than bowler hats and white gloves, which is why choreographer Debra McWaters has put together the ultimate visual and verbal guide to Fosse's way of dancing, choreographing, and teaching.
Using hundreds of photographs, as well as descriptions from Fosse himself, McWaters guides dancers and teachers through the process of understanding the intricacies of this style of jazz dance. An assistant to Gwen Verdon on Fosse, a long-time associate of Ann Reinking, and personal choreographer for Ben Vereen, McWaters is uniquely situated to write this book.
The Fosse Style provides facts, not guesswork, about how to execute Fosse's signature movements, information handed down from an illustrious list of artists and performers. It closes with a sample dance featuring Fosse's signature moves. No dancer or fan of such shows as The Pajama Game, Damn Yankees!, Sweet Charity, Cabaret, Pippin, or Chicago can afford to be without this book.
 

Learn the Move - Jazz Square

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Source: Jazzercise: Learn the Move - Jazz Square File Info: Windows Media (wmv)
The Jazz Square is not one of the official 52 moves of Nia but is used in a number of Nia routines. If the video doesn't work for you, follow the Source: link to the actual web page which has a series of photos showing the steps.
If you have the Global Unity DVD, you'll see the Jazz Square at the beginning and throughout the routine for Burundi by Star Sounds Orchestra.

 

Agolo

Central Focus: Choosing, seeking joy in movement, with the intention of choosing pleasure, the Joy of Movement.
Movement Form Energies: T'ai chi, Tae kwon do, Jazz, Yoga, Feldenkrais, Alexander

Music:
The White Spirit (Uman)
Idje-Idje (Angelique Kidjo)
Let It Go (Prince)
Agolo (Angelique Kidjo)
Adouma (Angelique Kidjo)
Find Your Way (Dionne Farris)
2 Funky (Candy Dulfer)
Jamming (Candy Dulfer)
Houngbati (Angelique Kidjo)
Stillpoint (Gabrielle Roth and the Mirrors)

 

Break Out of the Fitness Boredom!

By Jill Pagano on Jan 25 2008 - 10:19am

A very courageous woman asked me how much longer we were sticking to our current Earthsong routine. After telling her, "for a while longer", she honestly replied she was getting bored with it. And my reaction (in my head) was...you think YOU are bored with it, try teaching it every class of the week. What, a Nia teacher admitting, yup, I was getting bored. Now, I Love Nia...and I love teaching, so I knew there is more to this single element of wistfully feeling "bored". For me, this boredom meant I was stuck in my movement patterns and habits, had stopped really listening to the music with my body, and was lacking creative energy. Having just finished our first Welcome to Nia Class, where Lesley and I discussed how to energize movements, I turned to the 9 Movement Forms to break me out of my movement stigma and reenegize my body's conditioning. Any whew...what a discovery!

In Thursday's evening class, we still used Earthsong. The focus was on Energizing with the 3 Dance Arts: modern dance, duncan dance and jazz dance. WOW! What an entirely different experience allowing ourselves the experience and energy of these unique dance forms. Energizing our moves with modern dance we explored loading our legs with gravity, creating shapes in space and encouraging ourselves to be languid and emotive while connected to our base (legs). While energizing with Duncan dance, I found the upward magnetic energy in fully expanding the area around my heart and muscles in my chest. Allowing my movement to express a more carefree, child-like expression. With the energy of jazz, I found encouraging students to "be more out there" to "look and love it!". Nia movements laced with jazz have a snappy, confident-feel,--expressive and peppy!


 

Broadway Dance Center: Street Jazz for All Levels With Rhapsody

cover of Broadway Dance Center: Street Jazz for All Levels With Rhapsodyasin: B000EGEKTM
binding: DVD
list price: $49.99 USD
amazon price: $44.99 USD


Learn the styles that are sweeping the nation! If you want to be on top of the latest hip-hop dance styles and become a stronger hip-hop dancer and performer, this video is for YOU! Rhapsody and her dance company will take you on a ride as you learn the style that is sweeping the nation. Street Jazz fuses hip-hop and jazz and is the signature style of Rhapsody and her company. On this Street Jazz journey you will learn three hot routines for the beginner, intermediate and advanced dancer. Rhapsody incorporates the use of body mechanics, musicality and distinctive performance techniques to help you become a better hip-hop dancer. If you are all about hard work, dedication and fun, then this video is tailor-made for you!

Rhapsody's credits include major recording labels, MTV, NBA/WNBA, Salem, Sony Industrials, and Eve/Ruff Ryders national tour. After making weekly appearances on MTV's "The Grind," Rhapsody was asked to display her choreography. Choreographing for the NJ Nets, NY Knicks and NY Liberty dance teams led to many more opportunities. She choreographed the Fat Joe/Featuring R Kelly music video "We Thuggin," for the #1 pop group in Europe, Northern Line, headed by Benny Medina, and the NBA All-Star weekend in Philadelphia.

 
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