Jazz dance is a dance form that was developed in the USA and was originally also danced to jazz music. Nowadays jazz is danced to contemporary works of pop music and thereby has a guaranteed fun factor, at the same time freeing the dancer of inhibitions on the stage – for theatre performances as well as other festivities. All the while there is a training effect for the body, too, coordination, muscle strengthening, and musicality – all of which is sure to be a significant part of jazz dance.