Jazz
Sydney sternberg, miller/ PE AA1 2014
History of dance
https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Jazz_dance.html
Mia Michaels
Jack Cole
Considered the Father of Jazz Dance Technique and The Father of Theater Dance, Jack Cole (1911-1974) began as a modern dancer. Switching to jazz style dance during the Great Depression, he was the first dancer to combine the popular jazz steps of the time, aspects of modern dance and ethnic influences, creating artistic and technical jazz dance. He was the first dancer to formalize a theatrical jazz dance technique. His style was explosive and animalistic, full of emotion and movement. He choreographedDiamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend, shown below with Marilyn Monroe, preceded by commentary from dance writer Debra Levine.
Katherine Dunham
Known as the Matriarch of Black Dance, Katherine Dunham (1909 - 2006) founded the first major black modern dance company in America. Integrating the syncopated rhythms of Haiti, Cuba, Brazil and the Caribbean into American dance, she is credited with inventing the technique of body isolationism and incorporating it into her dance style. Katherine Dunham's influence and dance technique had a huge impact on the world of jazz dance. Today almost all jazz dancers use her technique in their dance.