Topic > The Wiz Live: Movie Review: The Wizard of Oz - 1202

In many different scenes, dances were created to capture how each character felt in the scene they were in. For example, when the crow was being bullied while he was tied to the cross, Fatima created a dance to show him that he found his inner courage and was no longer afraid of birds. I liked when Dorothy and the Scarecrow sang while walking along the yellow brick road because the dance conveyed the spirit of expression to the sensitivity of the people who lived in a unique way. The dance seemed as fun and vibrant as many of the jazz dances we see today. One of the styles of jazz involved in the film was bebop. Bebop is characterized in the 1940s by fast pace and improvisation based on the structures of a situation that inspired the movement. I noticed that bebop was shown well when Ne-Yo danced due to his complex technique, fast tempo, and improvisation while singing at the same time. This style of jazz was suitable for the presentation of the film because it kept me engaged as an audience in each choreographed dance. Since the pace was very fast, it allowed the movement to be large and simple