XFW 1500B - Jazz Dance 12 Hrsl 12 Contact Hours (Offered as needed) This course will acquaint the beginning student with the fundamentals of jazz dance technique, history and composition. Emphasis will be placed on correct body alignment, which will facilitate movement and balance. We will focus on technique as an expressive activity, to include kinesthetic awareness of the whole self. This awareness forms the basis of classical and modern jazz dance. By utilizing the elements of dance (time, space and energy), students will also develop composition and improvisation skills.