You might have heard people talking about jam sessions before, but how much do you really know about them? Well, to put it bluntly, a jam session is where musicians perform together with other musicians and make music in a freewheeling environment, without having concerns about performing to an audience..
Cypher.
A cypher is where a group of dancers in a circle and take turns dancing in the center..
: an often impromptu performance by a group especially of jazz musicians that is characterized by improvisation..
Just A Minute (JAM) Sessions are one-minute impromptu speeches.
Here, the speaker is presented with a topic on the podium and is given 10–30 seconds to think about it and assimilate all their ideas.
After the thinking period is over, the individual is given a minute to express their views on that particular topic..
To "jam" is to improvise music without extensive preparation or predefined arrangements, except for when the group is playing well-known jazz standards or covers of existing popular songs..
Britannica Dictionary definition of JAM SESSION. [count] : a gathering or performance in which musicians play together informally without any preparation : a session in which musicians jam with each other..
The term originated during the swing era of dancing, probably borrowed or appeared in parallel with the expression " jam session" in music
Specific to the bboying culture, cypher circles hold the similar concepts as jam circles. When one or two bboys/bgirls get together to dance
A variant of the 'show case' style jam circles is a circle where dancers within the circle swap partners from the outside
This form of jamming often occurs during prom, high school or college dance parties. What happens is that during the dances
This variant of jam circle typically does not involve much of an audience
A meeting of a group of musicians, especially jazz musicians, to play for their own enjoyment
an impromptu jazz performance or special performance by jazz musicians who do not regularly play togetherThe term can also be used for a impromptu meeting of a group of musicians of any genre of music
What is the meaning of jamming?Jam annually perform in various shows and festivals
Described as “pure entertainment” Jam aims to keep developing and evolving dance especially modern and street jazz to appeal to a wider group of young people without forgetting that ballet is the foundation from which all styles derive
CodeAcross 2017, a hackathon for the public good in celebration of International Open Data Day So What is The DEF Jam? Welcome to the Design, Engagement and Facilitation (DEF) Jam! What is all this you ask? We’re a bunch of designers, urban planners and policy nerds who are excited about design-based engagement and facilitation
Jamming in dance culture is a kind of informal show-off during a social dance party. Dancers clear a circle ( jam circle or dance circle) and dancers or dance couples take turns showing their best tricks while the remaining dancers cheer the jammers on.
Just like musicians get together to have a jam session, where they play songs together, improvise new material and simply enjoy being in the company of other musicians who love music, a jam session with dancers is the same – an environment where dancers come together to share, exchange and enjoy moving to music in the company of other dancers, sometimes with a DJ spinning.,This is how we break down and count music. Most dances choreographed to 8 counts at a time
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