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*Black Dance Archives Postcards: Jerry Barry IDJ IDJ, or 'I Dance Jazz', were arguably the most successful dance crew of the genre, appearing in music videos, feature films (Absolute Beginners, released 1986), and eventually performing in front of an estimated 44 million viewers worldwide at the Nelson Mandela: An International Tribute for a Free South Africa (1990 at Wembley Stadium). Old school jazz dance (also known as UK jazz dance) refers to the improvised dancing style that originated in the UK in the 1970s. The style grew in clubs in the UK, mainly in London and in northern cities, with the sounds of bebop, Afro-Cuban jazz, fusion, swing and other Latin-influenced jazz and funk. It predates hip hop and breakdancing – the American dance culture, which didn't reach the U.K. shores until 1982–1983. Jazz dancing has similarities to breakdancing, but essentially it is not the same. It started in heart of second generation African Caribbean-African homes and community
