Cov neeg ua yeeb yam niaj hnub jazz txhais cov kos duab ntawm ib hom ntawv raws li tam sim no muaj, tab sis lawv cov txheej txheem thiab kev kos duab tau yug los ntawm ntau tiam neeg ntawm jazz seev cev, nrog rau lwm yam kev cuam tshuam, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog niaj hnub seev cev thiab cov suab paj nruag kab lig kev cai ntawm jazz, sab ntsuj plig, thiab kev nyuaj siab. Los ntawm cov hnub qub ntawm jazz seev cev, qhov twg daim ntawv hloov zuj zus los ntawm ntau yam suab paj nruag thiab seev cev, rau tam sim no, daim ntawv seev cev no tshwj xeeb hauv nws qhov kev sib txawv ntawm cov qauv thiab cov txheej txheem.
Early Jazz Dancers
Jazz seev cev muaj nws cov hauv paus hniav nyob rau hauv Afro-American kab lis kev cai thiab kais seev cev ntawm lig 1800s mus rau nruab nrab 1900s. Raws li nws hloov zuj zus thiab tsim, jazz seev cev tau loj hlob nyob rau hauv qhov chaw raws li kev seev cev ntawm cov yeeb yaj kiab thiab Broadway qhia. Cov neeg seev cev nto moo los ntawm lub xyoo pib ntawm jazz suav nrog Jack Cole, Lester Horton, thiab Katherine Dunham. Txhua tus ntawm jazz cov lus dab neeg no tau nco qab tias yog tus kws tshaj lij thiab ua yeeb yam zoo, tsis muaj txiaj ntsig hauv lawv cov kev txawj thiab kev ua tiav hauv ib hom ntawv.
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Jack Cole
Xav txog Leej Txiv ntawm Jazz Dance Technique thiab Leej Txiv ntawm Kev Ua Yeeb Yam Ua Yeeb Yam, Jack Cole (1911-1974) tau pib ua tus kws ua yeeb yam niaj hnub no. Hloov mus rau jazz style seev cev thaum lub sij hawm Kev Nyuaj Siab Loj, nws yog thawj tus kws ua yeeb yam los ua ke cov suab paj nruag nrov ntawm lub sijhawm, yam ntawm kev seev cev niaj hnub thiab haiv neeg, tsim kev kos duab thiab kev seev cev jazz. Nws yog thawj tus kws ua las voos rau kev ua yeeb yam theatrical jazz seev cev. Nws style yog tawg thiab animalistic, tag nrho ntawm kev xav thiab txav. Nws choreographed Pob Zeb Diamond Yog Ib Tug Ntxhais Tus Phooj Ywg Zoo, qhia hauv qab no nrog Marilyn Monroe, ua ntej los ntawm kev tawm tswv yim los ntawm tus kws sau seev cev Debra Levine.
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Lester Horton
Ib tug zoo tshaj plaws pioneers ntawm niaj hnub thiab jazz seev cev, Lester Horton (1906 - 1953) tau tsim nws tus kheej tshwj xeeb style ntawm seev cev choreography thiab cov txheej txheem. Nws tau txawj txhais lus Native American thiab haiv neeg seev cev rau hauv kev seev cev uas ua haujlwm zoo hauv cov yeeb yaj kiab ntawm xyoo 1940 thiab thaum ntxov xyoo 1950. Lub cawv ntawm Lester Horton tau pom hauv kev ua haujlwm ntawm ntau tus neeg seev cev tom qab, jazz thiab lwm yam.
Katherine Dunham
Known as the Matriarch of Black Dance, Katherine Dunham (1909 - 2006) nrhiav tau thawj lub tuam txhab ua yeeb yam dub niaj hnub hauv Asmeskas. Kev sib koom ua ke ntawm kev sib koom ua ke ntawm Haiti, Cuba, Brazil thiab Caribbean rau hauv Asmeskas kev seev cev, nws tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm kev tsim cov txheej txheem ntawm lub cev cais tawm thiab muab tso rau hauv nws txoj kev seev cev. Katherine Dunham lub hwj chim thiab kev ua las voos tau muaj kev cuam tshuam loj heev rau lub ntiaj teb ntawm jazz seev cev. Niaj hnub no yuav luag txhua tus neeg seev cev jazz siv nws cov txheej txheem hauv lawv cov seev cev.
Ib tug ua las voos ua ntej lub Civil Rights txav, Dunham ua yeeb yam rau cov neeg tuaj sib cais thaum pib ntawm nws txoj hauj lwm. Cov vis dis aus hauv qab no qhia txog kev sib tham uas Dunham tham txog nws txoj kev siv zog los tshem tawm cov neeg tuaj saib thaum nws kav los ua tus kws ua yeeb yam Asmeskas sab saum toj.
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Kev hloov mus rau niaj hnub Jazz Dance
The 1950s pom jazz dance evolve into what we know today as modern jazz dance. Qhov kev hloov pauv no yog qhov tshwm sim ntawm kev hloov maj mam hloov hauv cov style ntawm Broadway choreographers. Nto moo jazz seev cev los ntawm lub sijhawm no suav nrog:
- Matt Mattox, tus protégé ntawm Jack Cole, paub txog nws cov txheej txheem angular thiab ntse
- Luigi, uas nws jazz style yog lub npe hu rau cov kua dej zoo nkauj
Raws li cov neeg seev cev nto moo ntawm lub sijhawm no tau qhia lawv cov txuj ci rau cov tub ntxhais hluas, lub ntiaj teb ntawm jazz seev cev txuas ntxiv mus.
- Bob Fosse (1927 - 1987) yog ib lub npe nrov tshaj plaws hauv jazz seev cev. Nws choreographed nws thawj tus seev cev hauv ib hmo ntuj thaum nws muaj 15 xyoos xwb. Rau 25 xyoo tom ntej no, Fosse lub npe yuav luag sib luag nrog jazz seev cev.
- Joe Tremaine tau kawm nrog ntau tus neeg ua yeeb yam zoo ntawm xyoo 1960. Tau tshwm sim hauv ntau cov yeeb yaj kiab thiab Broadway qhia, Tremaine tom qab raug pov los ntawm Lub Rau Hli Taylor ua ib qho ntawm yim tus txiv neej ua yeeb yam ntawm Jackie Gleason Show. Tom qab ntawd nws tau los ua tus kws qhia ua las voos ntawm cov hnub qub, ua haujlwm nrog cov npe xws li Diana Ross, Goldie Hawn, Barry Manilow thiab Cameron Diaz.
- Lynn Simonson tsim lub npe nrov Simonson Jazz Technique. Qhia hauv 16 lub teb chaws, nws cov txheej txheem cob qhia cov neeg seev cev tsis hais lawv cov style. Nws txoj kev yog tus thawj coj qhia ntawm Manhattan's DanceSpace.
- Carmen de Lavallade ua haujlwm nrog Lester Horton thiab Alvin Ailey los tsim nws tus kheej kos npe ntawm jazz seev cev.
Famous Jazz Dancers of Today
Muaj ntau tus neeg seev cev jazz zoo heev thiab cov kws ua yeeb yam nto moo niaj hnub no uas yuav nco txog lawv txoj kev koom tes hauv xyoo tom ntej. Cov no suav nrog:
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- Mia Michaels, tus ntxhais ntawm tus tswv tsev seev cev, pib seev cev thaum muaj peb xyoos, thiab tau ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam loj hauv kev seev cev jazz niaj hnub. Tus kws txiav txim plaub ntug So You Think You Can Dance, thiab tus kws kos duab rau zaj duab xis thiab theem, Michaels yog lub zog hauv jazz thiab kev ua las voos.
- Graciela Daniele, uas ua haujlwm nrog Bob Fosse, Agnes de Mille, thiab Michael Bennett hauv New York, dhau los ua tus kws tshaj lij hauv nws tus kheej txoj cai hauv xyoo 1980
- Ann Reinking, uas tau koom nrog Bob Fosse nyob rau xyoo 1970, uas nws txoj haujlwm tau ua rau nws tsis nco qab txog nws tus kheej
Jazz Legends
Ntau tus neeg ua yeeb yam nto moo no tau dhau los ua cov dab neeg ntawm lawv lub sijhawm, txawm tias tsis yog txhua tus tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo ntawm qhov siab ntawm lawv txoj haujlwm. Zoo li ntau tus kiv cua tsis paub ntau npaum li cas ntawm Marilyn Monroe txoj kev vam meej tuaj yeem raug ntaus nqi rau Jack Cole, cov yeeb yam no muaj nyob rau hauv daim duab kos duab qee zaum tsis qhia npe. Txawm hais tias lawv qhov kev koom tes tau raug ntaus nqi los tsis yog, cov neeg ua yeeb yam jazz nto moo tsim daim duab kos duab qub thiab ua rau nws zoo li niaj hnub no.
