Jazz Technique

In our dance lessons recently, we have been practicing and devising our show routines. So we have to be applying feedback we received in our technique classes, as well as the corrections from the dhow dances. My strengths in jazz has been my dynamic range, dancers need good dynamic range, to make it more interesting for them, and the audience to watch. Dynamic range is having fast and slow, or soft and sharp movements. This allows the dance to be more interesting to watch, as if all the movement were fast, it doesn't add the surprise element of what is going to happen next.
So I have been making my movements really sharp and strong, as well as soft and elegant at different points in the routines.


I need to work on my going through my feet on the jumps in the 'refugee dance', and focus on my breathing more as if my muscles don't have oxygen, I won't have enough energy. I need to also make sure that when I am in a jazz fourth, my body and weight is in the correct place.