An exciting and ever-evolving dance form full of rhythm, syncopation, passion, and life. Steeped in jazz music’s rhythm, a true American art form, jazz dance brings energy and life to all those who dance. Jazz explores body isolations of the head, shoulders, ribcage, feet, and arms and encourages individual expression and personal style development. With both music of today’s and yesterday’s classical jazz, jazz can be powerful and percussive or expressive and lyrical. Classes cover basic jazz dance technique, terminology, and movement quality, emphasizing proper execution of jazz isolations, rhythms, and style of the music used.