List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Introduction
Wendy Oliver
Part 1. What Is Jazz Dance?
Chapter 1. Jazz Dance as a Continuum
Patricia Cohen
Chapter 2. The Family of Jazz Dance
Bob Boross
Chapter 3. A Twenty-First-Century Jazz Dance Manifesto
Sheron Wray
Chapter 4. If Jazz Dance, Then Jazz Music!
Billy Siegenfeld
Chapter 5. Jazz Dance Styles
Lindsay Guarino and Wendy Oliver, with author contributions
Part 2. Jazz Dance History
Chapter 6. The African Origins of an American Art Form
Takiyah Nur Amin
Chapter 7. Jazz Dance from Emancipation to 1970
Jill Flanders Crosby and Michèle Moss
Chapter 8. Jazz Dance from 1970 into the Twenty-First Century
Jill Flanders Crosby and Michèle Moss
Chapter 9. Historical Movement Chart
Tom Ralabate
Part 3. Master Teachers and Choreographers, 1930–1990
Chapter 10. The Authentic Jazz Dance Legacy of Pepsi Bethel
Karen Hubbard
Chapter 11. Jack Cole and Theatrical Jazz Dance
Teal Darkenwald
Chapter 12. Katherine Dunham’s Mark on Jazz Dance
Saroya Corbett
Chapter 13. Bob Fosse’s Jazz Revolution
Cheryl Mrozowski
Chapter 14. The Legacy of Gus Giordano
Michael McStraw
Chapter 15. Frank Hatchett’s Jazz Dance
Bob Boross
Chapter 16. Luigi, Jazz Dance Icon
Patricia Cohen
Chapter 17. The “Free Style” Jazz Dance of Matt Mattox
Bob Boross
Chapter 18. Donald McKayle, Jazz Dance Then and Now
Bob Boross
Chapter 19. Lynn Simonson and Simonson Technique
Kimberly Karpanty
Part 4. Related Forms and Styles
Chapter 20. Tappin’ Jazz Lines
Ray Miller
Chapter 21. Jazz Dance in the Broadway Musical
Kirsten Harvey
Chapter 22. The Transmission of African-American Concert Dance and American Jazz Dance
Gill Wright Miller
Chapter 23. Jazz Dance, Pop Culture, and the Music Video Era
Melanie George
Chapter 24. Hip-Hop Dance as Community Expression and Global Phenomenon
Moncell Durden
Part 5. Perspectives on Teaching and Training
Chapter 25. Jazz Dance Training via Private Studios, Competitions, and Conventions
Lindsay Guarino
Chapter 26. Jazz Dance in Higher Education
Kim Chandler Vaccaro
Chapter 27. Jazz Dance as a Gateway to Community Engagement
Lynnette Young Overby
Part 6. Contemporary Topics in Jazz Dance
Chapter 28. Jazz Dance and Racism
Carlos Jones
Chapter 29. Vernacular Jazz Dance and Race in Hollywood Cinema
Susie Trenka
Chapter 30. Jazz Dance as American Export in France and the United Kingdom
Sheron Wray
Chapter 31. A Study of the Power of Club Jazz in 1980s London
Michèle Scott
Chapter 32. Performing Energy: American Rhythm Dancing and the Articulation of the Inarticulate
Billy Siegenfeld
Chapter 33. A Journey into the Heart of Jazz Dance
Jill Flanders Crosby
Appendix: A Sampling of Twenty-First-Century Jazz Dance Companies
List of Contributors
Index
