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Sketching the Journey Sketching the Journey
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1981–1989 1981–1989
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1989–1998 1989–1998
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Authenticity Authenticity
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Evoking the Journey—Discoveries in Ghana Evoking the Journey—Discoveries in Ghana
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Evoking the Journey Evoking the Journey
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What Does It All Mean? What Does It All Mean?
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Last Thoughts Last Thoughts
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33 A Journey into the Heart of Jazz Dance
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Published:February 2014
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This article chronicles the research and artistic journey of the author, a dancer and scholar, as she developed a new understanding about the nature of jazz dance. Crosby spent a year in West Africa conducting fieldwork in order to understand the roots of jazz dance. Then it was on to New York City for a year, where she took many different jazz and jazz-related dance classes, including West African dance. Additionally, she often went swing dancing at clubs and performed with nationally known jazz dance choreographers all in search of a grounded jazz dance aesthetic. Following this initial research, the author studied authenticity and identity in the writings of scholars including Mattijs van de Port, and applied them to jazz dance. Her own aesthetic preference is that jazz dance should be performed in direct relationship to jazz music.
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