What is jazz dance? -- Jazz dance as a continuum / The family of jazz dance / A twenty-first-century jazz dance manifesto / If jazz dance, then jazz music! / Jazz dance styles / Jazz dance history -- The African origins of an American art form / Jazz dance from emancipation to 1970 ; Jazz dance from 1970 into the twenty-first century / Historical movement chart / Master teachers and choreographers, 1930-1990 -- The authentic jazz dance legacy of Pepsi Bethel / Jack Cole and theatrical jazz dance / Katherine Dunham's mark on jazz dance / Bob Fosse's jazz revolution / The legacy of Gus Giordano / Frank Hatchett's jazz dance / Luigi, jazz dance icon / The "free style" jazz dance of Matt Mattox ; Donald McKayle, jazz dance then and now / Lynn Simonson and Simonson technique / Related forms and styles -- Tappin' jazz lines / Jazz dance in the Broadway musical / The transmission of African-American concert dance and American jazz dance / Jazz dance, pop culture, and the music video era / Hip-hop dance as community expression and global phenomenon / Perspectives on teaching and training -- Jazz dance training via private studios, competitions, and conventions / Jazz dance in higher education / Jazz dance as a gateway to community engagement / Contemporary topics in jazz dance -- Jazz dance and racism / Vernacular jazz dance and race in Hollywood cinema / Jazz dance as American export in France and the United Kingdom / A study of the power of club jazz in 1980s London / Performing energy : American rhythm dancing and the articulation of the inarticulate / A journey into the heart of jazz dance / A sampling of twenty-first-century jazz dance companies.