Assignment: Jazz Music through Hollywood Musicals Questions
I. Latin Jazz was a fusion of what?
II. How were the clubs of the "Harlem Renaissance" described in your text?
III. How did dancers/writers Mike Moore and Liz Williamson define jazz dance? (Do not quote; restate)
IV. The author of your text notes that there is a misconception of what jazz dance is that many commercial choreographers fall into. What is it?
V. What is meant by "syncopated rhythm" in jazz dance?
VI. How does a dancer develop personal style?
VII. Why was The Black Crook significant to dance?
VIII. What was the significance of Shuffle Along within musical theater?
IX. What was Seymour Felix's contribution to musical theater?
X. Who choreographed the dream sequence of Oklahoma? Why was this an important work within musical theater?
XI. After watching the dream sequence from Oklahoma (linked later in the module), what do you believe the storyline of the dream was? Give 3 examples of how you saw this story within the movement.
XII. From file titled "Hollywood Musicals"
XIII. How did Busby Berkley "save the movie musical"?
XIV. Why were people "flocking" to musicals during the 1940s?
XV. Why did musicals lose popularity in the 1950s?