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Article: Break vs. bump: has hip hop edged out jazz? Top dancers and choreographers give the lowdown.
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- Dance Magazine
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- August 1, 2007
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A mere decade ago, if commercial work was your goal, taking jazz classes was your route to get there. In recent years, however, the call for dancers who know hip hop has been loud and strong. It's hard to tell just where each style stands, so Dance Magazine asked key figures in the jazz and hip hop world.
NAN GIORDANO, artistic director, Giardano Jazz Dance Chicago and the Jazz Dance World Congress Absolutely positively you must study jazz. Most of the dancers in our company are proficient in hip hop--it's another strength that they have. My father Gus Giordano said it for years: the total dancer. At our school we require ballet, jazz, modern, tap, and hip hop, ...