Jessalyn G.

Butawan

BS Acctg 2-1

2015-10054

Modern Jazz T 9:00-11:00

1. Physical education: instruction in the development and care of the body ranging from simple
calisthenic (exercises consisting of a variety of gross motor movements) exercises to a course of
study providing training in hygiene, gymnastics, and the performance and management of
athletic games.
2. Dance: A performance art form which uses the human body with energy through space and
time.
3. Jazz: Dance marked by movement isolations and complex, propulsive polyrhythms
4. Modern Jazz: any of the styles of jazz that evolved between the early 1940s and the later
emergence of avant-garde jazz, characterized by a greater harmonic and rhythmic complexity
than hitherto.
5. History of modern jazz:
In the early 1940's a group of New York based jazz musicians became disenchanted with the
prevailing style of the time. These included Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and The lonious
Monk. They consciously strove to expand the harmonic, melodic and rhythmic possibilities of
the music, thereby giving the music a greater sense of urgency and sophistication. This style
became known as "Bebop".
Jazz dance took on a metamorphosis during the 1950s with innovators such as Katherine
Dunham, Jake Cole, and Bob Fosse. It drew demands for studio instructors and created a rival to
the fashionable classical ballet. Jazz music and dance were also infused with Broadway musicals
and gained mainstream popularity with Chicago and Cabaret.
6. Fundamentals of dance:
Arms Positions:

First position- raise arms to a circle in front of the chest.

Second position open up arms sideward, raised below shoulder level with a graceful curve.
Third position raise one arm overhead while other arm remains in 2nd position.
Fourth position raise one arm in front of chest in a half circle, while one arm remains overhead.
Fifth position raise both arms overhead in a graceful curve.

Feet Positions:
First position bring heels close to touch; toes apart.
Second position bring feet apart sideward.
Third position bring the heel of one foot to touch the instep of the other foot.
Fourth position bring one foot in front of the other foot to walk strike.
Fifth position bring the heel of one foot to touch the toe of the other.

7. Warm-up : to engage in exercise or practice especially before entering a game or contest;

broadly : to get ready
8. Cool down : the act or an instance of allowing physiological activity to return to normal
gradually after strenuous exercise by engaging in less strenuous exercise
9. Corners - A place or angle where two sides or edges meet
10. Turn-in: A position of the legs with the feet and knees turned intward to the hips
11. Turnout: Legs are rotated from the hip socket outward causing the knees and feet to turn
away from each other to form a 90 degree position.
12. Tendu : To stretch. Sliding on the ball of the foot along the floor to a stretched position.
13. Patina: ballet flats

14. Passe: leg lift with a bent knee and pointed toe. leg is lifted tight to the base leg, lift is to the
knee. Can be done in demi' plie' or straight leg.
15. Grand Battement: is a classical ballet term which means large battement.
A dancer performs a grand battementby throwing the working leg into the air from the hip and
brings it back down to a position, typically fifth position.
16. Chaines : Consecutive half turns traveling and rotating in a single direction
17. Jetae : (zhuh-TAY) Leap; a jump from one leg to another.
18. Plie : (plee yeh) In French means folded or bent. In dance it is a bending of the knees done
to render the joints and muscles soft and pliable, the tendons flexible and elastic, and to develop
a sense of balance.
19. Types of Plie : There is a demi-plie, or half bending, and grande-plie, or full bending, of the
knees.
20. Releve : (ruhl-VAY) Like an eleve but executed with a spring-like action.
21. Grand Jetae : A leap usually obtaining height and distance.
22. Saute : (soh-TAY) A jump taking off from two feet at the same time
23. Piroutte : (peer-WET) A turn executed on one leg and does not travel
24. Pivot (turn) : A turn in place on the ball on the foot.
25. Contraction: A muscular tension that produces a shortening of body parts. A contracting of
the abdominal muscles so the lower spine becomes rounded and the abdominal area hollowed
out. The shoulders remain directly above the hips.
26. Retraction : movement of a body part in the posterior direction, i.e. being drawn backwards.
27. Extension: an English classical ballet term describing a dancer's ability to raise and hold a leg
extended in the air.

28. Flat back: Position in which the legs are in parallel, the back is kept flat, parallel to the floor,
with the torso hinged at the hips. [Horton technique].
29. Split: an act of leaping in the air or sitting down with the legs straight and at right angles to
the upright body, one in front and the other behind, or one at each side.
30. Jump: Spring into the air from both balls of the feet and landing on the same.
31. Hop: Taking off from one foot and landing on the same one
32. Leap: A jump from one foot to the other foot usually with an opening of the legs in the air
33. Improvisation: something that is improvised, especially a piece of music, drama, etc., created
without preparation. 34.Int
34. Interpretative : a particular adaptation or versionof a work, method, or style
35. Creative : relating to or involving the imagination or original ideas, especially in the
production of an artistic work.
36. Choreography: The actual steps, groupings, and patterns of a dance work. The movement
material itself.
37. Figure: A standardized step pattern that, together with other patterns, constitute the dance.
38. Instructor: A person who composes a dance. One who creates/composes/invents dances.
39. Step: Transferring weight fully onto a foot
40. Percussion (percussive) : movement quality of a ballistic, thrusting, or aggressive nature
41.Isolation: Movement of only one part of the body
42.Projection: A confident presentation of one's body and energy to communicate movement and
meaning clearly to an audience. Repetition. Duplication of a movement or movements phrases
within dance horeography.
43.Flexion : : a bending movement around a joint in a limb (as the knee or elbow) that decreases

the angle between the bones of the limb at the joint

44.Capriole: a vertical leapwith a backward kick of the hind legsat the height of the leap
45.Headstand : the act of positioning your body so that your head and hands are on the floor and
your legs and feet are straight up in the air
46.Handstand : an act of supporting the body on the hands with the trunk and legs balanced in
the air
47.Leotards : a piece of clothing that fits tightlyand covers the body except for the legs and
sometimes the arms
48.Father of modern jazz : Earl (Fatha) Hines (December 28, 1903 April 22, 1983), was an
American jazz pianist and bandleader. He was one of the most influential figures in the
development of jazz piano and, according to one major source, is "one of a small number of
pianists whose playing shaped the history of jazz".
49. Arabesque : a ballet position in which the dancerstands on one foot and holds one arm
forward while the other arm and leg are held out behind
50.Attitude : a ballet position similar to the arabesque in which the raised leg is bent at the knee
51. Retire (or passe) : Position in which the toe of one leg touches the knee of the standing leg
52. Derierre :classical ballet term meaning back or behind. Its a term that describes the
position or direction for another step or term. For example, a tendu derrire would describe a
tendu to the back with the back leg from fifth position.
53. Dosey doe : dosado, or dos--dos is a basic dance step in such dances as square dance, contra
dance, polka, various historical dances, and some reels. a figure in square-dancing, in which two
persons advance, pass around each other back to back, and return to their places
54.Sprint : to run or go at top speed especiallyfor a short distance

55.Chasse : locomotor movement done forward, backward, or sideways. One foot chases the
other. Pattern step together step.
56.Headroll : rolling head round from one shoulder to chest to other shoulder then back.
57.Barrel roll : Also referred to as a barrel turn. A turn characterized by using the arms in a
windmill or airplane position. The barrel turn may be executed inside or outside, stationary or
traveling. The raised leg on the turn can be done parallel, turned out, or turned in.
58.Barrel turn : Often referred to as a barrel roll. A turn characterized by using the arms in a
windmill or airplane position. The barrel turn may be executed inside or outside, stationary or
traveling. The raised leg on the turn can be done parallel, turned out, or turned in.
59: Elements of Dance: body, space, force and time

Sources:
https://quizlet.com/3016602/jazzdance-terminology-vocabulary-flash-cards/
http://www.danceadts.com/edsupport/fallseason/vocabulary.htm
http://faculty.lacitycollege.edu/ecklerp/Jazz_Dance_terminology.htm
Wikipedia