Jazz Dance/Stretching Question?
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Question by : Jazz Dance/Stretching Question?
Ok so I’m asking a lot of questions about jazz dancing.
Ok I want to Jazz.
But I want to do the kind of dancing the kids on “Dance Moms” are doing.
I heard it’s Jazz but since I am tired (aka dumb) I thought Jazz dancing would be withe Jazz music.
haha sorry.
So I want to do this kind of dancing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04qKJ1QcR8Y&feature=related and the “party party party” one
Also what kind of shoes do they wear?
Do you have to wear leotards (however you spell it haha) while at practice because brooke (13) doesn’t have to it looks like.
And to the stretching question. How should I stretch everyday to be able to lift my leg straight up in the air and stuff like they do?
What kind is it?
It’s Jazz (I think) but is there a certain kind or what?
Best answer:
Answer by Paulina Campos
For shoes, it depends on ur dance school that u will attend. Some schools requires u to wear black jazz shoes or tan jazz shoes like the shoes the girls wear in dance moms. Other schools let u go barefoot. And no, jazz doesn’t have to be With jazz music (I thought the same thing when I started jazz at 6!) For practice, alll u should wear is a tank top, tights, and on top of the tights, shorts. (I wear leotards to jazz, but thts because I have ballet right after and I MUST wear a leotard for ballet) and for ur stretching question, u should do the stretches that they teach u at practice. Some lunges, a couple kicks, etc. I don’t think there is a certain kind, I think its just called jazz
hope I helped!! 
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That is jazz dancing, not street jazz, jazz funk, commerical jazz…when you see “jazz” the electricity dance is a “jazz” dance. Some studios have strict dress codes so I can’t answer what you should wear. T shirt or tank top, stretchy yoga pants or shorts and jazz shoes. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=jazz+shoes&id=09993BA4A9E249274A8BB839D50151D38809FA13&FORM=IGRE2 (different styles of jazz shoes)
Here are some stretches to help you work on your splits.
For the straddle–lay on your back with your butt against the wall. Extend your legs up the wall and then let the fall into the straddle stretch, gravity will help pull your legs down. Hold as long as you can. Repeat a few times. Also when you are doing your normal stretching in the straddle position, right before you are done stretching, lean forward into the middle and then try to pull through the stretch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MhiIL6Aojo&playnext=1&list=PL796002DA6BCB9B15 (watch around the 15 sec mark for what I’m referring to)
For the other splits–lay on your back, bring a leg into your chest, hold a few seconds, then extend it. Grab your leg and try to pull it as close to you as you can and hold it, repeat a couple of times bending the knee and extending it. On the last extend, while holding your leg, roll over into the splits. Repeat on the other leg.
These 2 will need another person to help you—stand against a wall, lift your leg, have your friend lift it as high as they can. And hold it as long as you can. Both knees should be straight. The goal is to touch the wall with your foot (I could do it 20 years ago and now I’m back to with a foot of the wall after 3 years of dance and I’m 33) Repeat with other leg.
Next lay on the ground and have your friend push your extended leg towards the ground. Same idea as the stretch above, but it works the muscles in a slightly different way since you are in a different position.
One last stretch which will help your splits (and your arabesque penchee). You will need to find a blank spot on a wall and grab a chair. Now facing away from the wall and holding onto the chair for support, take a leg and slide it up the wall like you are going into splits. Hold it for as long as possible then switch legs. Try to keep your legs straight. As you work the stretch move the chair closer to the wall until you are touching the wall in a vertical split.
One note—you can also try to do some of the two person stretches solo, by moving into a doorway and working one leg up the frame or down the frame depending on what you are trying to stretch. I just tried a few doorway stretches for the first time and I was able to put my foot against the door frame and got a completely vertical split in the needle position. This link is so you can see what position I’m talking about. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8yJ4NeuT4k
As long as you don’t rush and push yourself too fast, you can really make progress fast. Make sure that you really work both sides as evenly as you can. I never really worked the left leg and it’s no where near as flexible as my right. I have had my right split for about 20 years, even when I wasn’t exercising I could still do it. I never had my left, at my best when I was young, they were about a foot over the ground, now at 33, I can get all the way down, I just need to get myself square and straight so a little more pushing myself and I’ll have them. Keep working and you’ll get them.