- Hey guys, today we are here,
wait, I always say we.
Today, I'm here and Brayden's here.
- [Brayden] That's "we"!
- (laughs) okay, what am I doing today?
Teaching you a jazz dance.
This jazz dance is gonna be geared more toward beginners,
and it's just like the contemporary
and the, I think lyrical dances
that I've been teaching you.
If jazz dance is new to you, go watch
my beginning jazz moves blog before you try this one,
so that you kind of know what to expect.
So go ahead and get some free space,
put your jazz shoes on or your socks,
your bare feet, whatever you want to dance in,
and let's get movin'.
Just a heads up before I forget,
this song starts in the chorus.
And I believe it's at time code 46,
something like that, okay?
So the song will be in the description
as per ush, so make sure you fast forward
to that part.
You're gonna start parallel, step on your right foot,
and your arms go down.
Now you're gonna step onto your left foot
as your arms come up to an L.
You go up to your releve, and your right foot drags behind.
That is called a drag, okay?
So we go, five, six, seven, eight.
Step down, drag left, step right, step left.
So I move down, cross my left leg over my right,
and my arm came in.
I do one chaine forward, cha-ine.
Come on.
Back up.
Try it again, five, six, seven, parallel.
We step, drag left, step right, cross left.
Cha-ine, now the next step up, arms go to a T.
My left foot's gonna come forward,
my right arm is gonna come forward.
And then you do a pirouette, however many you want.
Land in a nice plie by squeezing your
what Brayden? - Butt!
- (laughs) I was gonna say your booty,
'cause I'm a lady, but, squeeze your butt.
Alright, let's go from the top.
Five, six, seven, eight.
Step right, drag left, step right, cross left,
chaine to the front, open, prep.
Pirouette, ouch on bare feet, plie, okay?
From there I wrote throw hips.
Right, left, right, and then a little slice.
So you've now landed from your pirouette.
You're gonna step on your right foot
and you're gonna throw your hips to the right.
You're also gonna look down, throw your hips to the left,
throw your hips to the right,
step back on that left foot in a plie.
This right leg is gonna brush into a crossed posse.
A crosse, okay?
That is not a technical term, that's a term from my brain.
So we went a one, two, three, step left,
brush right, your arms come to another L, okay?
That movement in normal time looks like this.
It's just a little brush back.
So we went one, two, three, step brush.
Let's try that all comitiva.
Okay, here we go.
Alright, stand parallel, chin up.
We're gonna step right.
Step, drag, step chaine, open prep, turn.
Hit, hit, here, brush.
Try that 300 million times.
Part two. (laughs)
We go step, brush, step right, step left.
Those are just jazz walks, so your arms can
kind of just hang down.
You're gonna now do a pique turn,
which means to prick, pique.
My right foot is now free to do a ball change.
So I step back, step front,
and now I'm gonna do a battlement
with my arms coming to an L.
So you're just going to kick up, come back down.
Now, let's rewind.
So we went, well (laughs) we went cross posse.
Your crosse, jazz walk, pique turn,
ball change, kick, step, tuck your left knee down, okay?
So, you want to control.
Hello, motorcycle.
You want to control your battlement
so that your come down is also controlled.
You don't want to crash to the floor, okay?
Really quickly, your ball change.
I'll stand diagonal so you can see.
Step back, step front.
This right foot comes from the back for your battlement.
And you arms come up at the same time.
So let's rewind.
We go crosse, step, step, pique.
Step back, step front, battlement, step, tuck, okay?
From here, from here, don't do that.
I'm like from here, army crawl to the right.
From here, you're going to roll onto your left butt cheek.
Roll onto your side, do a little split roll,
come back up, you're gonna do a little arch back
with your right hand.
So I'm now sitting on my booty with my feet.
Oh my god, sitting on my feet with my booty,
and I'm looking to the side, and my arm swings up
in a really pretty arch, and then I do a little arch back.
Then I'm gonna sit on my right butt cheek and down.
I'm not going all the way to the floor,
it's kind of just a little mermaid sit,
but it's not contemporary and lyrical
where you're melted in like this,
you're still upright and your chin is
in line with your spine, okay?
Or your neck.
Let's (laughs) rewind.
We did your crosse, two jazz walks,
a pique turn, a ball change, a battlement, and a step down.
You sit on your booty, smooth to your center,
sit on your feet, arch up, sit right butt cheek,
extend that left leg, and look out nice and elongated.
(gasps) That's your jazz dance, people.
Let's try it from the tip top.
(laughs)
From the top.
So you can mark the beginning, or try it.
Chaine, to your pirouette,
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Here we go.
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Let's go from the very, very top.
Alright, we're gonna go from the top.
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Start parallel.
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(exclaims) We did it!
(laughs)
Good job, everybody!
You guys, jazz is really fun.
And it is technical, so you do want
to make sure that you, um.
You do want to make sure that you are watching
the beginning jazz moves, like I said in the intro.
Just to make sure you have your pirouettes
and your battlements, and all your correct placements.
Don't be intimidated by the tempo.
Just try it a couple hundred billion times (laughs), okay?
Practice makes perfect.
These were super fun to film for you guys.
Please let me know what else you want to see.
We have lots of exciting things coming up,
some announcements coming up as well,
but stay tuned for those.
Anything Brydan? - Why is this city so loud?
- Ugh, southern California, what are you gonna do?
The sun, surf, the noise. - The sound.
- (laughs) The sun, the surf, the sound.
See you later babies.
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What if I just inchworm all the way back to the music.
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