I'm a dancer and I'm doing a solo for competition. either <span title="modern/lyrical/contemporary/jazz.">modern/lyrical/contempora...</span> song suggestion

Question

heyy so i'm a dancer and im stuck between doing a jazz, modern, or a contemporary/lyrical solo this year for dance in a competition. and i have NO idea what song i should use. I want something nobody really knows so that no one else will have the same song. but i want something that is meaningful and powerful since it will be my senior year of high school. however, i dont have any preferences for a jazz song, anything works for me. so song suggestions would be REALLY helpful!

thanks!!

Answer 1

I have a friend who did a jazz/lyrical solo to Hotel Song by Regina Spektor. hope this helps!

Answer 2

for modern/lyrical/contempory you could try the special two by Missy Higgins

Answer 3

contemporary/lyrical:

~Fragile by Delta Goodrem http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=xVPKnNXWr9...

my favorite! Kiaro is amazing..

~Lost by Anouk

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=_403CtPbrD...

~Silence by Selena Cross

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=CICE11ZRZS...

the links are really nice performances. Hope I helped a bit : ) &amp;&amp; good luck~

Answer 4

i agree anything regina spektor is good and iron and wine has good songs. also damien rice. good luck!

Answer 5

&quot;Trust a Try&quot; by Janet Jackson is a very different beat. You can incorporate a couple diff. dance styles into this one.

&quot;Explosive&quot; by Bond is a great one for old-school Jazz, little bit of lyrical.

My personal fav: &quot;Sentimental Song (Reprise)&quot; by Kenny Passarelli. It&#039;s a lyrical instrumental, but it&#039;s very beautiful. I&#039;ve done this for a performance and everyone loved it.

Answer 6

Listen to &quot;Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois&quot; by Sufjan Stevens. Weird song title, I know... but it&#039;s a beautiful song and I find it to be a great song to dance and express yourself to. It&#039;s on the shorter side, but my personal opinion is that shorter dances hold the audience&#039;s attention all the way through and tend to make more of an impact on the audience... leaves them wanting more. Good luck!

I also agree that Regina Spektor songs would be good... listen to 20 Years of Snow.

Answer 7

I did an awesome choreogeraphy to the song &quot;Beautiful&quot; by Bethany Dillon. It was a contemporary/lyrical piece. It got first place in my age division! Listen to it here:http://www.rhapsody.com/bethanydillon