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"Looking forward to learning new steps and donning a fancy new outfit on her first day of jazz class, Mia is disappointed by her drab jazz shoes and devises a creative way to match her ensemble to her jazzy dance routine." --

This DVD is a fun-filled introduction to the world of dance for kids! It combines three separate beginner dance classes designed for ages four through six. Children will learn the basics of ballet, tap, and jazz. The dances are demonstrated step-by-step and provides music to help children remember and execute the dances.

"Simple text and photographs present jazz dancing, including simple steps"--Provided by publisher.

Uses the format of a jazz dance class to introduce specific exercises, anatomical information, and standard jazz dance terminology.

In the mid 1930s, as the Great Depression refuses to lift, Benny Goodman finds himself hailed as the "King of Swing" and becomes the first white bandleader to hire black musicians. He has a host of rivals among them, Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmie Lunceford, Glen Miller and Artie Shaw. Louis Armstrong heads a big band of his own, while Duke Ellington continues his independent course, but great black artists still can't eat or sleep in many of the...