Jazz Tap

Birmingham's International Jazz and Blues Festival

If you're a big fan of the swing of jazz and the gutsy thrum of blues, then there's only one place you should want to be during festival time – Birmingham. This fantastic city doesn't just have loads to offer even the most discerning of tourists, but each year it also hosts a wonderful festival dedicated to jazz and blues music and those people who love it. Not just for jazz and blues connoisseurs, the Birmingham International Jazz and Blues Festival welcomes music lovers of all tastes and ages, and you can be sure that you'll find something to suit your likes even if you've never thought you enjoyed jazz and blues before.

The festival takes place in July and, in spite of being just ten days long, it manages to squeeze in over two hundred performances into that small amount of time. What this means is that you can be sure that you'll be able to discover amazing new jazz and blues acts at all times of the day when you visit Birmingham during the festival. With most days kicking off around lunch time, a multitude of acts will be able to swing you through the afternoon, introducing you to new toe tapping beats, impressive guitar licks and unforgettable bass lines. And best of all? You'll be able to take in loads of these fantastic musicians' performances for free, as the Birmingham International Jazz and Blues Festival is free. This is because the performances are held in every corner of Birmingham, from the streets and squares to shopping centres, the zoo, hotels, cafes, the canal, the buses, the castles and in museums. The festival aims to get the rhythms of jazz and blues all over the city, and with a list of playing grounds like those mentioned above, it's not hard to see just how much it succeeds!

This wonderful festival brings jazz and blues acts from around the world together. You'll be able to see groups and solo artists such as Zingaros New Gypsy Tango, Tipitina, Brooks Williams, Djabe, King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys, Jay Tamkin Band, Teens Jazzband Velke Losiny, Bourbon Street Stompers and many, many more.

So when you're booking your Birmingham hotels for this summer, be sure to do it in July so you can enjoy this enormous, wonderful, internationally acclaimed festival and bring a bit of jazz and blues into your day thanks to the Birmingham International Jazz and Blues Festival.

Isla Campbell writes for a digital marketing agency. This article has been commissioned by a client of said agency. This article is not designed to promote, but should be considered professional content.

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Isla Campbell writes for a digital marketing agency. This article has been commissioned by a client of said agency. This article is not designed to promote, but should be considered professional content.

What are some dance move names for hip-hop, jazz, ballet, tap, and lyrical?

I need to know some for a report i'm doing in school....

Ballet: Plie, releve, tondue, ronde de jambe, echappe, developpe, battement, grande jete, saut-de-chat, ecarte, efface, royale, entrechat, entchatroit, frappe, pirouette, chainee, fouette, balance, pas de bourre, attidtude, brise, cabriole, pique, arabesque, changement, assemble, sissone, bourree, coupe, passe, degage, eleve, epaulement, fondue, glissade, grande plie.... I think i'll stop now!

Tap: Flap, shuffle, ball change, timestep, susie-q, buffalo, 5 tap riff, 7 tap riff, stomp, slap, brush, wings, toe stands, toe wings, grab off, paradiddle, pullbacks, double pullbacks,

Jazz: Pirouette, fouette, second turns, pencil turns, attitude turns, layouts, leg grabs, splits, jazz square, pas de bourre, chainne, chasse, jazz walks, fan kick, knee falls, shimmy, barrel turns, calypsos, toe rises, axels.

I hope that helps. I don't take lyrical or hip-hop so i'm afraid I can't do anything with those.

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