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Summary: Learn techniques for a three quarter turn in jazz dancing in this free Broadway dance video.
Ms. Johnson received a BFA from Howard University School of Fine Arts, in Washington, DC, with additional training at the Broadway Dance Center and the Alvin Ailey Dance Center among...read more
"With the three quarter turn, we can stylize it and coordinate arms with it. So I'm going to show you some basic Broadway Jazz hand arms. The arms are going to come in one, two, they're going to go down, three, four, they're going to come in five, six, they're going to press up, seven, eight. Again, one, two, down three, four, five, six, last time, eight and two, two, three, four, five, six. Now we're going to add the feet. We go, and turn out, one two. Tendu, three and four. One, two, three, down, two, two, three, press up. One, two, three, down four, and five, six, seven pressing up. Making sure you're spotting also. Remember to spot, the head never goes to the back of the room. Again, and one, two, three, down four, and five, six. Now, we're going to speed it up a little. And a one, two, three and four. And five, six, seven and eight. And one, two, two, three and four, five, six, seven, eight."
eHow Article: Performing a Three Quarter Turn in Jazz Dancing