Tendu Exercise - Matt Mattox Jazz Dance Technique - with Bob Boross

Bob Boross demonstrates the "Tendu with Coordinated Arms" exercise from the Matt Mattox Freestyle Jazz Dance Technique. This exercise is a great warm up for improving the tendu movement, creating flexibility in the foot, and improving the coordination of the dancer by adding a challenging arm pattern to the tendu/demi-plie movements.

In this series titled "Monday Mattox," Bob teaches a new Mattox technique exercise every Monday.

Matt Mattox is one of the pioneers of jazz dance, and his known for his extensive career dancing in movie musicals, on Broadway, television shows, his choreography for Broadway and concert dance companies, and his "freestyle jazz dance technique."

Bob Boross was associated with Matt Mattox for over twenty years as a student, dancer in his choreography, and as Matt's biographer. Bob teaches the Mattox technique throughout the country in guest residencies, workshops, and university dance courses.

In this video, originally produced by Dance Teacher magazine in 2016, Bob is assisted by Broadway dancer Skye Mattox, who is also the granddaughter of Matt Mattox.

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