Jazz dance - lyrical

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After my two posts about ballet I chose to write something about lyrical jazz, because this style is based mainly on ballet dancing and it requires a lot of ballet technique (also, because it's one of my personal favourite styles). 

 Lyrical dance is a fusion of ballet and jazz. It's a bit faster than ballet, but not as fast as jazz. In this style movement of the body is used to express strong emotions and that's why I love watching and dancing lyrical. You can see the story behind the dancing, not just beautiful jumps and turns and it makes you feel something. 
Music used for lyrical is usually emotionally charged and expressive and the moves are fluid and graceful, a dancer is flowing from one move to another and finishing the moves as long as possible. Dancers attempt to show the meaning of the music and it challenges them to interpret the song and express their emotions.

The origin of lyrical is unclear and it wasn't really popular until the 1990s, but today it's often featured on TV on the shows like "So You Think You Can Dance".

 An example of a lyrical dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOqhmlEKLL4

 Sources: https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-lyrical-dance-1007414
http://www.danceconnectionrochester.com/dance/lyrical-dance

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  1. englishdiary15 listopada 2017 10:12

    I watched the clip and, to be honest, I can't see much difference between this and ballet. Maybe some moves are slightly unfinished or rough and it looks a bit more violent.

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    1. Unknown15 listopada 2017 12:25

      Like I wrote in the post it looks a lot like ballet and most of the moves are ballet moves (but there are also some jazz elements). You obviously can't be a lyrical dancer without ballet technique. The difference is that lyrical is focused on emotions and telling a story a little bit more than just the movement. I know that this clip isn't a perfect example, but I used it, because I thought it would be easy to see the emotions and story behind it.

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