Jazz Blog - 1st Year 19/20 School Year
Throughout this first year, we have learnt and performed numerous jazz routines which have been influenced by the following practitioners: Jerome Robbins, Bob Fosse and Jack Cole. Jerome Robbins (1918-1998) was a "master of both ballet and musical choreography" (R.Thomas, 2014) and was even known for potentially being Balanchine's rival for the America's greatest 20th-century choreographer title. Robbins as a starting point created ballets including a range of styles such as comic, abstract, dramatic, modern as well as keeping the traditional aspect and classical. An example of this is seen in one of his ballets 'The Concert' created in 1956 where he infused classical ballet technique and musical theatre as the dancers execute a ballet piece however there are some moments where one or two dancers purposely do the wrong step or goes the wrong way which gives off the musical theatre aspect and creates humor. A second characteristic that makes his work unique ...