Potomac High – Jazz 2

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

This course is a continuation of the Jazz Dance. Students will expand their technical skills with more challenging and complex floor exercises, floor patterns, and choreography. Core foundations will include: Floor Work for Strength and Flexibility, Center Work for Balance and Alignment, and Locomotor Work for picking up steps and fast footwork. Course study will be at the intermediate level and will continue to include Luigi Technique, stylized Fosse movements, Musical Theatre, Lyrical, Afro, Hip Hop and Broadway Jazz styles. Students will also continue a more in depth study/research of Jazz Dance History and Jazz Dance Terminology. Informal in class performance assessments and formal stage performances will be required. There will also be written and oral Jazz vocabulary assessments.