Online Jazz Dance Classes for Everyone

The highlights of the online Jazz dance course are as follows -

• History of Jazz dance and Introduction to body posture - Introduction to body posture on the beat and familiarizing students with poses and different stances on the latest medleys
• Introduction to Jazz Square in Jazz dance - Learning a combination of steps with Jazz dance steps including chest rolls and hip rolls to be used in an 8-step choreography
• Introduction to Ball change and body isolations with the connection of rhythm - Learning new steps with body isolations on an entire song whilst understanding the music 
• Revision of steps understanding the rhythm - Inculcating appropriate expressions focussing on confidence according to the Jazz music and revising the entire choreography
• Introduction to Fan kicks and Charleston used in Jazz choreography - Inculcating fan kicks and leg movements in Jazz dance followed by the main choreography
• Understanding body movements including Jazz hands with music - Learning combination of steps in Jazz dance including isolations followed by the main choreography
• Coordination of rhythm with steps - Understanding the musicality and dance out the choreography which will include Jazz walk, isolations, and styling
• Body alignments and balance - Learning a combination of steps with Jazz dance steps including basic styling and turns in the choreography
• Introduction to the personal expression of the body - Learning new steps whilst developing a sense of body awareness 
• Stretches and Flexibility with Revision of steps with rhythm - Inculcating stretches focussing on flexibility to be used in choreography
• Fan kicks and turns combination - Inculcating fan kicks and leg movements in Jazz dance followed by the main choreography. 
• Weight shift and performance skills - Learning a combination of steps whilst understanding the musicality 
• Development of movement patterns with rhythm - Learning movement patterns inclusive of fan kicks, jazz square, and ball change to be performed with music
• Influential artists of Jazz dance & Recapitulation of previously used Jazz terms - Choreography based on Jazz dance which will include Jazz Square, ball change and postures to be inculcated in choreography.
• Positioning of the body in Chug or Paddle turn - Learning a combination of steps with Jazz dance steps including styling and Chugs in the choreography
• Introduction to Pirouettes and Pencil turns - Learning new steps whilst developing a sense of body awareness and preparation for the body.
• Butterfly & Hamstring stretches and Flexibility with Revision of steps on rhythm - Inculcating stretches focussing on flexibility such as butterfly and hamstring stretches followed by the choreography
• Combination of Hitch kicks and fan kicks - Inculcating hitch kicks and the fan kicks combination in Jazz dance followed by the main choreography. 
• Across the floor progression - Inculcating flooring followed by the main choreography
• Development of movement patterns with rhythm - Learning movement patterns inclusive of hitch kicks, pirouettes, and chugs combination to be performed with music
• Revision of steps with musicality - Revising the entire choreography whilst focusing on musicality and performing the dance.

Each class will be divided into 3 parts: Warm up & Stretches, Basic technique, and Choreography. 

The song for each choreography will be decided before each class. The duration of the song will be 1.5 - 2 minutes.

About the Teacher

Yukti Bhatnagar is a Dance Instructor, Yoga and Wellness Coach. She has more than 10 years of experience in different dance styles like Jazz, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Jazz Funk, Bollywood, Whacking under reputed dance companies/instructors in New Delhi, Mumbai, and Canada. She has also pursued Dance Movement Therapy from Kinections, New York.

Yukti has worked on different projects as a choreographer in Contemporary Arts Week, Grand Finale of Rum Jhum dance reality show at Ficci Auditorium (Delhi), World Dance Day at Sri Ram Centre, and for Bengali festivals in Kolkata to choreograph Indian contemporary pieces.

Yukti has worked as a Senior dance instructor for several schools and institutions. She has judged TV show Nach Dil Se and several other online events such as Rise Eve Dance Centre, India.

For Yukti dance has always been about experimenting with different dance styles and maintaining versatility as an artist. She has collaborated with ipassio to share all her knowledge with dance enthusiasts in India and abroad.