African Americans brought Jazz dance style to America at the time when they were slaves and dancers performed by listening jazz music. By the time,  the street dance changed  and moved to the stage and it was performed by professional dancers. Terpsichore offers jazz dance classes in order to improve your actual performance or for your personal grown and enjoyment. 

Ballet had connection with jazz music and dancing , but during the 20s jazz ballet disconnected and jazz dance had its origin by 1960 and the term modern jazz dance was introduced. When a dancer performs jazz dance classes, isolation of one part of her or his body keeps without movement while the rest of the body performs the movement. High energy and a low center of gravity in combination with body isolation is the main characteristic of jazz dance.

Terpsichore Dance and Theatre at its dance studio, different instructors teach jazz dance classes keeping the real definition of jazz dance in their mind in order to keep their students on track and perform jazz dance, but no other styles of dance.

To find out about our jazz dance classes, you only have to come and visit us at our dance studio from towns near to Simsbury, CT such as Avon, Granby, Bloomfield or Canton, CT

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