Table of Contents
List of Figures ix
List of Tables xi
Preface xiii
Introduction Wendy Oliver xv
Part I What Is Jazz Dance? 1
1 Jazz Dance as a Continuum Patricia Cohen 3
2 The Family of Jazz Dance Bob Boross 8
3 A Twenty-First-Century Jazz Dance Manifesto Shewn Wray 12
4 If Jazz Dance, Then Jazz Music! Billy Siegenfeld 17
5 Jazz Dance Styles Lindsay Guarino Wendy Oliver 24
Part II Jazz Dance History 33
6 The African Origins of an American Art Form Takiyah Nur Amin 35
7 Jazz Dance from Emancipation to 1970 Jill Flanders Crosby Michèle Moss 45
8 Jazz Dance from 1970 into the Twenty-First Century Jill Flanders Crosby Michèle Moss 59
9 Historical Movement Chart Tom Ralabate 69
Part III Master Teachers and Choreographers, 1930-1990 73
10 The Authentic Jazz Dance Legacy of Pepsi Bethel Karen Hubbard 75
11 Jack Cole and Theatrical Jazz Dance Teal Darkenwald 82
12 Katherine Dunham's Mark on Jazz Dance Saroya Corbett 89
13 Bob Fosse's Jazz Revolution Cheryl Mrozowski 97
14 The Legacy of Gus Giordano Michael McStraw 103
15 Frank Hatchett's Jazz Dance Bob Boross 109
16 Luigi, Jazz Dance Icon Patricia Cohen 113
17 The "Free Style" Jazz Dance of MattMattox Bob Boross 119
18 Donald McKayle, Jazz Dance Then and Now Bob Boross 125
19 Lynn Simonson and Simonson Technique Kimberly Karpanty 130
Part IV Related Forms and Styles 137
20 Tappin' Jazz Lines Ray Miller 139
21 Jazz Dance in the Broadway Musical Kirsten Harvey 153
22 The Transmission of African-American Concert Dance and American Jazz Dance Gill Wright Miller 164
23 Jazz Dance, Pop Culture, and the Music Video Era Melanie George 174
24 Hip-Hop Dance as Community Expression and Global Phenomenon Moncell Durden 184
Part V Perspectives on Teaching and Training 195
25 Jazz Dance Training via Private Studios, Competitions, and Conventions Lindsay Guarino 197
26 Jazz Dance in Higher Education Kim Chandler Vaccaro 207
27 Jazz Dance as a Gateway to Community Engagement Lynnette Young Overby 217
Part VI Contemporary Topics in Jazz Dance 229
28 Jazz Dance and Racism Carlos Jones 231
29 Vernacular Jazz Dance and Race in Hollywood Cinema Susie Trenka 240
30 Jazz Dance as American Export in France and the United Kingdom Shewn Wray 249
31 A Study of the Power of Club Jazz in 1980s London Michele Scott 261
32 Performing Energy: American Rhythm Dancing and the Articulation of the Inarticulate Billy Siegenfeld 268
33 A Journey into the Heart of Jazz Dance Jill Flanders Crosby 279
Appendix: A Sampling of Twenty-First-Century Jazz Dance Companies 289
List of Contributors 295
Index 301
