KnowraJazz danceLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Jazz dance, each with the reason it gives.All 8Broader topic 1Related 4Narrower topic 2Compared with 1Contemporary danceCompared with: Jazz has its own historical roots and movement conventions, though contemporary choreography may draw on them.Tap danceRelated: Tap shares jazz’s rhythmic vocabulary and has often appeared alongside jazz dance.Bob FosseNarrower topic: Fosse adapted jazz dance into a tightly controlled theatrical style.Dance improvisationRelated: Improvisation has a longstanding place in jazz dance and its musical contexts.African-American danceBroader topic: It carries vernacular movement vocabulary onto concert and commercial stages.Gregory HinesRelated: Hines’s tap drew on jazz phrasing and the improvisational energy of jazz performance.Twyla TharpRelated: Jazz rhythms and vernacular movement complement the ballet technique in her work.Gwen VerdonNarrower topic: Verdon’s Broadway dancing drew on jazz rhythms, syncopation, and expressive isolation.