Jazz Dance
Herbert Ross
Born in May 1927, Herbert Ross also in his full names Herbert David Ross, contributed immensely to the world of jazz dance. He also did some ballet dance choreography for some of the companies. He went on to become the director at the motion pictures. Ross dropped out of school in high school and proceeded to New York, where he went to build his career as an actor. There he was torn between dance and acting, having danced for some of the choruses of many songs (Jergel Hutchinson & Lauren McArthur Harris, 2016). He started doing choreography dance when he recuperated from a broken ankle. In 1950 the American Theatre of Ballet were impressed with his dance and recruited him.
In 1957 he started choreographing for the Broadways which led to his supper performance in the Marlene Dietrich. Some of the works that he choreographed while in Broadway includes; do I hear waltz and Kelly. By starting as a director of Film, the first work that Ross did came in terms of musical versions. He did goodbye Mr Chips when he started as a director. Most of the films that Ross produce showcased life and career while staying in the Jazz world. The films as directed by Herbert Ross include the sound of Jazz music in the sound of the Film adding some piano Jazz phenomenon into the films that he directed. Play it again is an example of the Film that was directed by Herbert Ross. The films stayed true to its nature with where the scene shot in Casablanca appreciates the excellent Jazz music. One of the best-considered Jazz musical films that were directed by Ross was From Heaven.
Tommy Rall
Tommy Rall us one of the most known Dynamic actors and Dancers In the Jazz music of the 1950s. He was born in 1929 and started the dancing career when he was 14 years of age in the Ballet Theater of America. The dancer has also appeared in the Miss Liberty, milk and honey in 1949 and 1960 respectively and other shows which were less successful. He performed several roles of actors in 1955 and returned to Theater to participate in the Jazz dance.
He studied tap, acrobat and ballet dance at a very tender age. His musical comedy started to debut in 1948 in San Fransisco and Los Angeles. He had a problem with the eye so the mother decided to to take her to dance lessons because he couldn’t see clearly. Tommy played the Lucentio in the Jazz musical film called Kiss Me Kate in 1952 (Jeavons, 2017) However this contributed to the promotion of Jazz music in that The music was used in the movie to highlight the fantastic choreography skills; this increased the popularity of the jazz music industry.
His dance remains one of the most loved dance sequences in the MGM thrilling dances. Tommy encouraged the upcoming dancers and choreographers; he elaborated that he thinks those who have an interest in dancing and love music can make it because it is not a complicated business. He told them that one could not stand it in the music field if they only want to be Popular.
Robb Marshall
He was born in October 1960 in the united states. He was a film director; this stage directions skill help contributed to his work of directing several Choreographic performances at Jazz. Robb is celebrated for his several works in Chicago, 20022, which contributed most to the development of Jazz music industry. In 1982, He graduated from Mellon University. Robb Marshall and his collaborator Vincent Paterson were nominated for the Kiss of the spider woman music and Damn Yankee in the following year. Also, they got nominated for she loves in 1998 as the best choreographer (Jergel Hutchinson & Lauren McArthur Harris, 2016) He participated both in choreography and stage direction. This was a Cabret which he was the winner. The film director was brought up in Squirrel hill near Pittsburg. The father was a professor. He got awards for the Drama Logue Awards in 1996 for directing the musical Film of The Kiss of the spider woman at Los Angeles Ahmsin theatre.
He directed several choreographers at the Jazz music industry and is well known for his outstanding work. Marshall had several also had concerns for the upcoming choreographers; he said that there might be little time for someone or the time might even be too late, but there is still room for improvement to become fantastic international starts in the music industry. He said that directors should choose a musical project that can teach them and enrich the people’s life since this is the work they will be ding for several years to come (Jeavons, 2017).
Work cited
Jergel Hutchinson, Marcie, and Lauren McArthur Harris. “Listening for History: Using Jazz Music as a Primary Source.” Social Education 80.3 (2016): 134-140.
Jeavons, Clyde. “King of Jazz: Paul Whiteman’s Technicolor Revue.” Journal of Film Preservation 97 (2017): 134-135.
ROBERTS, RESIDENT CHOREOGRAPHER JAMAR, et al. “ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER.” (2020).