How to Do the Jazz Layout | Jazz Dance

Now I'm going to show you a jazz layout. I think jazz layouts are one of the most beautiful steps in jazz, and they're not done that often anymore. So you guys should definitely start bringing the jazz layout back. Here's how it's done. You're going to step on your left foot in a quasi-position turned out. Your right leg can either brush into devante or develope. I kind of prefer the develope. At the same time as the leg extends to the devante with a nice turned out leg, your back is going to combre all the way back and your arms are going to go down and through, all the way by your ears. A common mistake is bringing the arms up this way and then you can't get that nice jazz point. So the arms need to come down and through, by your ears. I'll demonstrate. It's important to have nice back flexibility for the jazz layout and really stretch your back during that. You also need to have a strong core in order to bring your body up. So do those crunches, do the pilates, and this is going to help with your core. Do right or left. A couple of things to remember. Keep that bottom leg in a nice, bent fondue forced arch position and really push your hips forward so you're stretching out into your toe. Long leg line, arms are stretching down and back. And there you go, the beautiful jazz layout.

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Length: 1min 44sec (104 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 18 2012