What is the difference between Jazz dancing and Modern?
Some studios tend to call all types of dance some pretty arbitrary names depending on what I have no clue. In the real world of dance, Jazz and Modern are 2 completely different things. My guess is that your “modern/jazz” will be similar to their Jazz class. Modern, if it is true modern, is a lot closer to ballet in technique but with some disregard for some of the rules. Everything is grounded. The main types of Modern are Graham, Horton, Limon , Cunningham & Dunham. If you ask what type of modern they do and they don’t say any of those or something like Alvin Ailey or Paul Taylor, you would be doing something more along the line of contemporary or what some studios call lyrical dance. You should not feel embarrassed to ask what school of modern they teach. It will make you sound very knowledgeable. Once they tell you, you can google a video and get an idea of what they are talking about. *edit: Janine is talking about contemporary dance which is not the same as modern. Modern is spec
