1. Jazz as film: Roger Tilton's documentary Jazz Dance (1954).
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Lund, Cornelia and Lund, Holger
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JAZZ ,DANCE ,STUDENT engagement ,DANCE music ,DANCE in motion pictures, television, etc. ,DOCUMENTARY films - Abstract
In the history of documenting music, Roger Tilton's film Jazz Dance (1954) is an outstanding experimental approach to early direct cinema. By using a novel, genuinely audiovisual, non-staged, multi-angled approach to recording, the film opened up new ways to capture the vibes of the filmed event and thus turn jazz into film. This article seeks to remedy the lack of academic engagement with Jazz Dance by outlining its status as a seminal example for early direct cinema as well as documenting jazz and jazz dance. To that end, the means and techniques chosen by Tilton and his collaborators to convey the impression and vibe of jazz as well as the aesthetic approach to the combination of jazz dance and music in the film will be analysed. Furthermore, Jazz Dance will be discussed and positioned within in the larger field of documentary films that bring together jazz music and dance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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