SPRING INTENSIVE

    AN INTENSIVE JAZZ EXPERIENCE
    FOR ADVANCED DANCERS


    JUNE 12-16, 2023
    9:00am-3:30pm
    DJD Dance Centre

     

    SPRING INTENSIVE OVERVIEW

    The DJD Dance Centre is a home for jazz dance to live and thrive and as such, we invite dancers from across the globe to come and experience jazz today and dream about what it can be in the future.
    DJD strives to cultivate a solid understanding of the history of jazz dance and music while building a high standard of jazz technique that emphasizes stylistic and vernacular nuance. The Spring Intensive, taught by DJD artistic leaders along with current and past company members, will introduce dancers to the DJD aesthetic and philosophy and will work to build a jazz community that spreads far and wide.

    JAZZ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

    Jazz is born of Black American culture and its roots lie in the turbulent history of the African American experience. We acknowledge this history and recognize ourselves as guests in this form. We are inspired by and benefit from traditions born of a culture that is not our own. We strive to be respectful in honouring the roots and history of jazz, we dance with reverence for those who came before us, we dig deep to go forward, we strive to appreciate rather than appropriate.

    CLASS CONTENT

    Jazz Technique
    DJD Repertoire
    Rhythm Play
    Creative Process/Improvisation
    Swing/Vernacular Jazz
    AfroCuban Dance
    West African Dance
    Jazz History
    Restorative Practice

    TUITION – $250+gst

     

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