Solo Jazz at Home with Maren - Session 7: Charleston kick steps!

Solo @ Home - Session 7: Charleston kicks and squat charleston Check out more Videos from this Session. Mini Routine only:    • Mini Routine - Session 7   02:00 Warm Up 08:00 Breaking Down Charleston Bounce, Kicks and basic steps + practice 26:30 Squat Charleston 39:30 Routine Music in this class: Hot Sugar Band: https://www.hotsugarband.fr Intro music: www.bensound.com Find Maren online: www.marenmerian.com   / maren_merian     / marenmerian   What is Solo Jazz/Vernacular Jazz Dance? Simply put: Dancing solo to swing and jazz music. Because words won't be able to express the variety of dance that is jazz dance, check out these vintage clips of original jazz, charleston and swing dancers showing you what it's all about: Josephine Baker:    • Video   The Big Apple by Whitey's Lindy Hoppers:    • Video   Spirit Moves:    • Spirit Moves   Consuela Harris:    • Consuela Harris   Al Minns & Leon James:    • Al Minns and Leon James on DuPont Show of ...   Alphabetical Jazz Steps with Chester Whitmore:    • Alphabetical Jazz Steps 3 (Chester Whitmore)   You might have noticed that all of these original dancers are black. Most of the footage we have from old movies and shows is them dancing for white people. While watching these clips it’s therefore important to keep in mind that racism plays a big role in how the dance was captured for film and theater. Staying critical and informing ourselves about the history and context of this dance is important when we seek to learn more about it.