MODERN JAZZ

Any modern dance takes styles from various forms of other dances. It is very difficult to categorise them strictly , based on certain techniques like Indian classical dances.In the 18th century Jazz dance was often referred to as Tap dance , because tap dancing set to Jazz music was one of the predominant dances of the era.The dance styles originated from the African American vernacular dance. In the 1950's a new genre of Jazz dance - modern Jazz dance emerged with roots in Caribbean traditional dance ,which has a very smooth style. Tap dance branched off to follow its own separate evolutionary path.