Who is famous for Jazz dance?
Katherine Dunham.
Jazz gives a refreshing taste to dance, along with the ones who dance it. Early Jazz dancers include Jack Cole, who is considered “the father of Jazz”, and was the first to formalize a theatrical jazz dance technique; Lester Horton, who turned Native American dancing into Jazz; Katherine Dunham was a jazz dancer against racism who decided to do something and take a stand. She was the first to found the major black modern dance company. Katherine’s technique is used in almost all of today’s jazz dances. A more recent jazz dancers that have claimed fame are Mia Michaels, who is a judge on So you think you can dance. She is in a powerhouse in jazz and contemporary dance. Michael Jackson was influenced quite a bit by jazz dance.
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