The Uprooted Jazz Dance Education Project creates and runs educational programs for dancers and teachers so they physically explore the historical roots of jazz dance with some of the industry’s finest educators, Classes include African dance, Afro Latin Fusion, Commercial Jazz, House, Authentic Jazz & Social Dance, Theatrical Jazz, AfroBeat, Tap, Jazz Funk and much much more.
We bring our educators and artists together in one course. They each bring their extensive knowledge about the historical context of the jazz dance art form into the dance studio, leaving the dancers with a deeper understanding about the historical roots of jazz dance.The UPROOTED Jazz dance intensive programs are unique in their broad offering of a wide range of jazz dance styles, so the student(s) can truly discover and learn about the roots of this amazing art form. Our jazz dance intensive encourages the dancer to grow and experience jazz dance styles they may never have had the opportunity to train in, which in turn expands the dancers understanding and knowledge of where jazz dance came from and how it has evolved.
ooted in African culture, its vibrant and revered style has influenced all forms of dance and generations of dancers, artists and creatives throughout its evolution.
But these roots are not always fully acknowledged.
Jazz dance is loved but misunderstood. Insufficient education and misinterpretation of its history leads students to forget the importance of jazz across the different styles of dance, and ignore the importance of its technical foundations.
Without truly knowing the history of where jazz dance originated, and exploring the jazz dance roots, we cannot fully understand how it evolved and where it is going…..
The UPROOTED jazz dance educational mission is to correct that by physically exploring the historical roots of jazz dance providing a greater context and understanding of where the jazz dance movement originated from and how it has evolved through each decade.
There were several influential and essential jazz dance masters whose names were not always highlighted in history. Our mission is to correct that.
We are not here to cancel any part of the jazz dance journey but merely here to pass on all of the history, names and knowledge, so we can all be as fully informed as possible.
They are all relevant!
Learn More: https://www.uprootededucation.com/