Jazz Funk (Jazz Funk) - a new dance direction, filled with life, energy and emotions. These are not just certain movements: jazz-funk collects a lot of directions. This is the beauty of this style. The ability to combine different dance styles, take elements of different styles, combine them, creating a new, unique dance is what attracts dancers all over the world. There are no limits to fantasy, you can do what you want, dance, how you want, in general, create without paying attention to the norms and rules established in other dance directions. Day after day, jazz funk is gaining momentum. This young style was literally a couple of years ago completely unknown: now they talk about him, write, dance.
What styles are present in jazz funk?
Jazz-funk is a dance that combines such directions as:
- waacking (waacking) - continuous movements, swings of hands;
- strip plastic (strip dance) - soft, plastic, sexual movements;
- hip-hop (hip-hop) - a mixture of positive, enthusiasm, energy;
- variety choreography - dance show; active, role-playing movements;
- jazz choreography - improvisation, acrobatic studies.
About the history of jazz funk
This trend arose not so long ago: just a couple of decades ago in the United States of America, the famous American choreographer Bobby Newbury, who worked with American pop stars at that time, decided to combine different styles into one original style. So there was a new direction of dance that was nothing like, combining both the sharp, active elements of jazz and hip-hop, and the gentle, smooth movements of strip plastic and choreography.
This impudent, sometimes provocative, incredibly emotional, mannered and very beautiful style has appeared in the Russian pop scene: today you can see hundreds of clips of Russian artists in which this direction is present. That is why these days shocking, unlike anything else jazz funk is one of the most popular dance styles that thousands of girls and young people want to learn.
Jazz Funk Pros
A distinctive feature of this style is that jazz-funk is an impulsive dance, filled with body “shocks”, expressive and very emotional, one might even say, sexual performance. A person who owns the namesake of jazz funk will be able to ignite any dance floor. In addition, people dancing in this direction assure that they never received more pleasure from dance and music.
Naturally, when mastering this style, a beginner will have to sweat: here you need good physical preparation. However, after some time, the frantic pace of the dance, as well as all the complex movements and acrobatic elements, will seem even pleasant to the beginner. From this it follows that no cons can block all the advantages of this dance direction.
Key movements
The main element of jazz funk is the impulse, “push”, “explosion” that comes from the inside - from the hips, shoulders, chest. It is this “push” that makes the body “lean back” to the side, and these movements are absolutely impossible to predict. Each breath in the dance ends with a “point”, after which the impulse appears again. The key movements in this direction include waves that are different in their execution (sharp, broken or soft, smooth). In addition to the waves performed by hands, jazz-funk is popular for the movement of legs called "step-step" (steps from side to side) and "slide" (sliding).
What kind of music do they dance to?
Many beginners are wondering: “What kind of music do jazz funk dance to?” The music, in fact, can be different: it will be pleasant for beginners to discover that jazz funk can also be played to your favorite hits. Most often in areas such as pop, jazz and club music. In general, this is a kind of club mix. In order to at least roughly represent the rhythm of music or jazz-funk songs, it is enough to listen to popular artists (for example, Mary Jane).
The difference between jazz funk and hip-hop
In hip-hop you can notice big steps, sweeping movements of your hands, and in jazz funk all movements are small, smoothly and beautifully replacing each other. In addition, in hop-hop the initial setting of the body implies a soft, slightly bent back. Jazz funk implies a direct, choreographic staging of the corps.
Each artist over time has its own “tricks” - movements that are the “visiting card” of this artist at a dance event. Each newcomer will also acquire his own style of performance over time: someone will go towards hip hop, someone will focus on the soft, smooth movements of strip plastic, and someone will understand that he likes power choreography and acrobatic studies. The choice is only performer. One thing can be said here: there are no two people in the world dancing the same in jazz-funk style, since this direction was created specifically with the goal of “unleashing the potential” of a beginner.