One is new and the other is old. Hey, hey, just kidding. The word Jazz was originally dance music, but the word "jazz" in music was not used until after 1900. Before that, it was called "Jass". With the birth of 1880 jazz, the word jazz dance came into being. Because jazz has always been quite lively in performance, there will be noisy, manic and lively explanations. The essence of jazz dance is a free and simple expression, which directly expresses the inner feelings with the shaking and twisting of the body. Just like when we hear our favorite music, we naturally express our feelings from the heart, and our bodies can't help moving with the rhythm of the music, such as snapping our fingers and swinging our first foot, sometimes excited and sometimes slowly and gently dissolving into the music. Jazz dance is a fast and dynamic rhythmic dance, which belongs to extroverted dance, unlike the introverted dance shown by classical ballet or modern dance. Jazz dance is mainly the expression of action and melody. Its main purpose is to entertain others and yourself, and it can bring you a good time to get along with others. This is also the reason why its performance is not publicity at all. The joyful atmosphere and spirit in the dance are very infectious. Although you must have very good skills to be a successful jazz dancer, almost everyone can master its basic dance steps, and the performance space of jazz dance is very broad. Personal color and unique style are the most striking places when dancing. Jazz dance is mainly a dance that pursues pleasure, liveliness and vitality. Its characteristic is that it can dance freely, unlike traditional classical ballet, which must stick to one form and follow the inherent posture, but it is different from disco dance, which is completely entertaining itself and still has a modern law in freedom. For example, you can express your feelings with jazz music, and you can also use or imitate other dance techniques; For example, in footwork and movements, the position and principle of ballet, the sensitivity of tap dancing skills, the contraction and relaxation of modern dance body, the pace and hips of Latin dance, and the upper body movement position of oriental dance are applied. Style jazz dance and modern jazz dance. New Jazz (Chinese translation is not New Jazz, full name is new york Jazz) In fact, New Jazz is the jazz that we are generally dancing now, but with a little more postures. In the past, we might have danced and then looked for music, but trendy jazz had music and then choreographed, like all kinds of music MTV. New Jazz evolved from new york's ballet. . . Created the hip-hop charm of ballet. In fact, the characteristics of new jazz can also be said to be a dance of jazz and hip-hop. The characteristics of new jazz are: the extension of body. Every movement of new jazz has a fixed angle and swing. When dancing the new jazz dance, you will feel infinite extension when doing hand movements. It feels like someone is holding your hand. At present, the main figures who dance new jazz are Jenny Jackson, Namie Amuro and Chae Yeon. The dances of Lee Hyo Ri, Tianwu and Bao Er are also part of the new jazz. This is the most basic thing I completely forgot to say! Janet jackson and Namie Amuro are two artists in the world who are said to be good at dancing new jazz. New Jazz evolved from ballet in New York State in the early days, but through janet jackson's "If" MTV, people gradually discovered the charm of hip-hop in ballet. Namie Amuro is a representative of the Asian region. Namie Amuro, this kind of dance came into being, and then NewJazz began to have its own unique dance style and terms. At present, most of the jazz dancers in our country are girls, which has a lot to do with the charming feeling of dancers dancing the new jazz dance. New jazz, also known as strength jazz, requires every movement to be explosive and wild, but it is different from the new jazz in hip-hop. Its origin comes from the MV of Jenna Jackson's song "If" more than 10 years ago (there is no online webpage to watch at present, but it can be downloaded from Kazza). At that time, the choreography in MV was more inclined to traditional jazz, but in addition to the power of traditional jazz, sexy movements were added to show women's figure. At that time, the noun was strong jazz. The feeling expressed by this kind of dance was favored by the Japanese, which led to the later popular representative ~ Namie Amuro and such dances, and then NewJazz began to have its own unique dance style and terms. Park Ji Yeon, Britney Spears, Early Namie Amuro and Beyonce are the representative singers whose dances tend to new jazz. . . etc