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Preparing for The Jazz Dance Class | |
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Knowing What You Want to Achieve and How to Achieve It | |
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Checklist: Goals of a Dance Class | |
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What to Wear and Why | |
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Understanding the Necessity of Training | |
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Terminology | |
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Listening to Music in Class | |
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Getting Prepared Mentally | |
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Checklist: Mental Preparation | |
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Getting Prepared Physically | |
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Your Personal Warm-up | |
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Checklist: Benefits of an Adequate Warm-up | |
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What's Missing from a Jazz Dance Class | |
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Jazz Dance Technique | |
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How Today's Jazz Class Developed and Why | |
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Basic Dance Technique | |
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Checklist: Alignment | |
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Checklist: Dance Technique | |
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Vocabulary | |
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The Jazz Dance Class: A Model | |
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Checklist: Common Elements of the Class | |
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Physical Training | |
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Style Training | |
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Checklist: Preparing for a Successful Class | |
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Warm-Up Sets | |
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General Warm-Up (Large Muscle Groups) | |
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Fine Tuning (Smaller Muscle Groups) | |
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Strengthening Exercises | |
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Flexibility Exercises | |
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Endurance Conditioning | |
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Isolations | |
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Checklist: Was Your Warm-Up Successful? | |
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Specific Skill Development | |
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Short Combinations | |
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Long Combinations | |
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Cool Down | |
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Reverence | |
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Basic Nutrition and Cardiorespiratory Conditioning | |
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Nutrition for the Dancer | |
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Overview of the Basics | |
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What, How Much, and When | |
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Cardiorespiratory Conditioning | |
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Checklist: Nutrition and Weight Control | |
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Supplemental Strength Training for The Dancer | |
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Supplemental Strength Training | |
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Upper Body | |
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Lower Body | |
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Checklist: Strength Training | |
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Supplemental Flexibility Training for The Dancer | |
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Supplemental Flexibility Training | |
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Upper Body | |
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Lower Body | |
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Checklist: Supplemental Flexibility Training | |
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Discipline and Training Schedules | |
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Discipline and Training Schedules | |
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Checklist: A Positive Mental Attitude | |
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Variety in Training | |
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Body Therapies | |
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Scheduling | |
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What is Jazz Dance? | |
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America's Folk Dance | |
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Jazz Energy: the Kinetic Push | |
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Checklist: What the Experts Say | |
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Checklist: Jazz Energy | |
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The Jazz Culture | |
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Checklist: Today's Jazz Dance Class Culture | |
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Social Dance/Theatrical Dance | |
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1900-1950 | |
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Latin American Influences | |
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Jazz Dance Today | |
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Jazz Dance's Global Future | |
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Jazz Dance Choreography | |
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Choreography | |
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Choreographer | |
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Choreographing | |
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Jazz Choreography | |
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Movement Shaped into Meaning | |
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Developing Jazz Movement | |
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Shaping with the Tools of Choreography | |
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Checklist: Time as a Tool | |
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Checklist: Space as a Tool | |
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Checklist: Groups in Space | |
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Checklist: Using Dynamics as a Tool | |
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Creating Meaning: The Creative Process | |
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The Performance | |
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Jazz Dance: A Performing Art | |
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Presence | |
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Projection | |
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Performance Craft | |
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Checklist: Performing with Confidence | |
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Basic Musculature Chart | |
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Tessential Information on Vitamins and Minerals | |
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Calorie/Activity Chart | |
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Dance Publications and Journals | |
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Video Resources | |
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Dance Wear | |
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Jazz Conventions/Competitions | |
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Preparation Checklists (Choreography) | |
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Jazz Timeline | |
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Suggested Reading | |