Solo Jazz for Beginners

Solo Jazz for Beginners, available at $54.99, has an average rating of 4.8, with 47 lectures, based on 65 reviews, and has 330 subscribers.

You will learn about Basic Rhythms: Step-Holds and Hold-Steps, Quicks, Triples Classic Steps: Tackie Annies, Boogie Backs, Low-downs, Camel Walks, and more Posture, Groove, Balance Simple tools for improvising and for developing your own style This course is ideal for individuals who are Anyone interested in swing music and curious about moving to it It is particularly useful for Anyone interested in swing music and curious about moving to it.

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Summary

Title: Solo Jazz for Beginners

Price: $54.99

Average Rating: 4.8

Number of Lectures: 47

Number of Published Lectures: 47

Number of Curriculum Items: 47

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 47

Original Price: $22.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Basic Rhythms: Step-Holds and Hold-Steps, Quicks, Triples
Classic Steps: Tackie Annies, Boogie Backs, Low-downs, Camel Walks, and more
Posture, Groove, Balance
Simple tools for improvising and for developing your own style

Who Should Attend

Anyone interested in swing music and curious about moving to it

Target Audiences

Anyone interested in swing music and curious about moving to it

Jazz music has an incredible ability to make us want to move. Even after learning only a few simple jazz steps, you can tap into that feeling and flow with the music like a surfer catching a wave. This course is designed to do just that!

You don’t need any prior knowledge about jazz music, or any prior dance experience whatsoever; we’ll start from scratch and build up layers from there. In each class you’ll have a great balance of easy step-by-step instructions and practice time, plus some cool challenges thrown in. In only three sessions we’ll take you into the world of jazz, giving you everything you need to move and groove along to amazing swinging tunes!

You’ll learn some important jazz steps, as well as the fundamental techniques behind them. Vernacular jazz is a Black american art form, which emphasizes improvisation and creativity, and in this course you’ll even get a taste of the rich exploration you can do to create your own voice in the dance.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Class 1

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Warm-up

Lecture 3: Focus for the class: 2-Beat-Moves

Lecture 4: New Move: Tackie Annie

Lecture 5: New Move: Box Step

Lecture 6: Quality if movement: Posture

Lecture 7: Quality of Movement: Transitions

Lecture 8: Transitions between Tackie Annie and Box Step

Lecture 9: New Moves: Boogie Forward and Fishtails

Lecture 10: Transitions between Boogie Forward and Fishtails

Lecture 11: Combo sequence

Lecture 12: Final song

Lecture 13: Class 1 recap

Chapter 2: Class 2

Lecture 1: Warm-up

Lecture 2: Plan for the class

Lecture 3: Repetition of Class 1 Combo

Lecture 4: Challenge: Mirroring the Combo

Lecture 5: Combo to music – your version

Lecture 6: Remembering the theory

Lecture 7: Adding accents

Lecture 8: Diving into Rhythm

Lecture 9: New Move: Ball-change

Lecture 10: New Move: Boogie Backs

Lecture 11: New Move: Shish-KaBoom (Triple step rhythm)

Lecture 12: Adding details

Lecture 13: A short practice sequence

Lecture 14: New move: Low Downs

Lecture 15: Combo

Lecture 16: Bonus: Heel twist in front

Lecture 17: Final song

Lecture 18: Class 2 Recap

Chapter 3: Class 3

Lecture 1: Warm-up

Lecture 2: A word on improvisation

Lecture 3: Dancing with constraints: Walks

Lecture 4: Dancing with constraints: Crosses

Lecture 5: New Move: Swipe Backs

Lecture 6: New Move: Mambos

Lecture 7: Mambo variations ideas

Lecture 8: New Move: Camel Walk

Lecture 9: Combo

Lecture 10: New Move: Lock Turn

Lecture 11: Practicing the routine

Lecture 12: Expanding our Combo

Lecture 13: Combining everything together

Lecture 14: Class 3 Recap

Lecture 15: Bonus Move: Spank The Baby

Lecture 16: Course Outro

Instructors

Kris Blindert
Teacher, SwingStep

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3 stars: 1 votes
4 stars: 14 votes
5 stars: 49 votes

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