Street-Fusion Jazz Dance

Street Fusion Jazz Dance was born at a time when many clubs turned away from Disco, Funk and Jazz in order to "move with the times" and remain commercially viable. Jazz and Funk clubs were driven underground and could be found in only a few pockets throughout the UK. In these underground haunts, new, Jazzier rhythms with Funk, Brazilian, Latin and Afro Cuban influences were discovered. As a result, Jazz Dancers were enabled to create their very own style of Dance, which would challenge their ability to change with the new rhythms and "follow" the music. In addition, Dancers explored their acrobatic capabilities in so-called drop moves as well as a variety of floor work, often mistaken for Break Dance.

Street Jazz Fusion Dance is a breathtaking mix of fast, intricate footwork, graceful spins and acrobatic floor moves. Using the music's varying rhythm patterns, the Dance works on the Dancers' creativity, their understanding of the music and their own energy. As such, the style is deeply rooted in clubs – unlike the theatre style Dance style, most people associate with Jazz Dance. Definitely no ‘Jazz Hands’ here and a lot of people have their whole understanding of Jazz Dance turned upside down when they experience our style for the first time. To witness Street Jazz Fusion is an attack on all senses.

Unfortunately, these days too many people think Jazz is old people music, lift music, easy listening, smooth stuff you relax or fall asleep or have dinner to. The stuff we dance and club to is a mix of high tempo Swing/Bebop, Afro Cuban, Brazilian, Latin and Funky Jazz. Most of it is high-octane and dates back to the late 60s and early 70s, expanding to the mid 80s, a time when Jazz Fusion was at its freshest and rawest and Musicians seemed to be at their freest and thus most experimental. Anyone who knows their Jazz will know that this genre isn’t for the faint hearted. It’s deep, complex, sometimes aggressive and dark – definitely not Music you would dare fall asleep to.

The beauty of Street Fusion Jazz Dance is that it is totally flexible, lacking the rigidity of many other Dance styles. It is for this reason that it appeals to such a wide audience, especially young people. The words of ‘wrong’ and ‘technically unclean’, which we so often hear in Dance schools are replaced with ‘individuality’ and ‘energy’ and we firmly believe that anyone can get into dancing our style of Jazz.