Nijawwon Matthews: How I Teach Contemporary Jazz
With serpentine fluidity, Nijawwon Matthews gives his intermediate contemporary jazz class at New York City’s Broadway Dance Center a rundown of his warm-up sequence. His spinal undulations, spider-like finger articulations and seemingly infinite wingspan transform a relatively standard array of pliĆ©s, roll-downs, head rolls and stretches into something soulful. “Warming up is like being in […]