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Jazz-funk dance, also called street jazz, is a hybrid of hip-hop and jazz dance.This style was shown in its early form on the sketch comedy series In Living Color.The resident dance troupe, the Fly Girls, of which Jennifer Lopez was a member, [1] opened and closed every show with a hip-hop and jazz performance choreographed by Rosie Perez.
Jazz-funk is a subgenre of jazz music characterized by a strong back beat, electrified sounds, [1] and analog synthesizers.The integration of funk, soul, and R&B music and styles into jazz resulted in the creation of a genre that ranges from pure jazz improvisation to soul, funk or disco with jazz arrangements, jazz riffs, jazz solos, and sometimes soul vocals. [2]
Ciara, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and choreographer. She is best known for her hip-hop style and contemporary dance choreography. Bessie Clayton (c. 1875 –1948), considered the mother of American toe-tap dancing; Jack Cole (1911–1974), American dancer, choreographer, and theatre director known as the father of theatrical jazz dance
Disco was the main music 50 years ago, but even today the classics are still dance floor bangers — and what was bad then is still pretty awful. 'Stayin' Alive': The Best (and Worst) Disco Songs ...
Old school jazz dance (also known as UK jazz dance) refers to the improvised dancing style that originated in the UK in the 1970s.The style grew in clubs in the UK, mainly in London and in northern cities, with the sounds of bebop, Afro-Cuban jazz, fusion, swing and other Latin-influenced jazz and funk.
This is a list of notable dance-pop artists ... Dead Disco [108] Dead or Alive [109] Dee Dee ... The Very Best [328] [329] Vitamin C [330] [331] W.
This is a list of artists primarily associated with the disco era of the 1970s and some of their most noteworthy disco hits. Numerous artists, not usually considered disco artists, implemented some of the styles and sounds of disco music, and are also included.
Nu-disco is a 21st-century dance music genre associated with the renewed interest in 1970s and early 1980s disco, [131] mid-1980s Italo disco, and the synthesizer-heavy Euro disco aesthetics. [132] The moniker appeared in print as early as 2002, and by mid-2008 was used by record shops such as the online retailers Juno and Beatport. [ 133 ]