Where is the jazz?

  Part 1, 5 points (1-page minimum to 3 pages maximum double spaced) Where is the jazz? What is jazz dance? Describe how dancers should engage with the principles of Africanist aesthetic. Part 2, 5 points (1 page minimum to 3 page maximum double spaced) Imagine that you are taking a walk and are having a conversation with one other person or that you are having a meal with a group of people. Someone asks you about this class. Knowing that you have a short window to convey your thoughts, relay the history of jazz dance. Part 3, 5 points (1 page minimum to 3 page maximum double spaced) Based on videos “PillowTalk: History of Jazz Dance” and/or “Uprooted-The Journey of Jazz Dance” who should be centered in jazz dance, why, and how? Part 4, Extra Credit, 3 points (1 page minimum to 3 page maximum double spaced) How is the jazz continuum reflected in LaTasha Barnes dance works and in Sterling Stuckey’s writings on shout dance?