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[[File:AVROs Music Hall . George Holmes (danser), Bestanddeelnr 915-0465.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Dancer George Holmes performing jazz hands, 1963]]
'''Jazz hands''' in performance [[dance]] is the extension of a performer's hands with palms toward the audience and fingers splayed. This position is also referred to as '''webbing'''. It is commonly associated with especially exuberant types of performance such as [[musicals]], [[cheerleading]], [[show choir]], [[revue]], and especially [[jazz dance]] shows.<ref>((Cite web |last=Grundhauser |first=Eric |date=2016-08-19 |title=The Fabulous History of JAZZ HANDS! |url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-fabulous-history-of-jazz-hands |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=Atlas Obscura |language=en))</ref> In cheerleading, the position with arms outstretched and fingers wiggling up and down is sometimes referred to as '''spirit fingers'''<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-spirit-fingers.htm |title=What are Spirit Fingers? |access-date=4 February 2019))</ref> or '''jazz fingers'''.((cn|date=April 2017)) Depending on the performance venue, both gestures can be associated with [[Camp (style)|campiness]].<ref>Zimmerman, Karla and Nate Cavalieri (2008). ''Chicago''. Lonely Planet. p. 35.</ref>

Probably the biggest proponent of jazz hands was [[Bob Fosse]], who incorporated them in nearly all of his Broadway and film musical choreography. The best example of this is the opening musical number of ''[[Pippin (musical)|Pippin]]'', "[[Magic to Do]]", in which still, illuminated jazz hands are the first thing the audience sees.

==Description==
In the basic jazz hands position, the hands are open, the palms face forward, and the fingers are splayed;  in addition sometimes the hands are shaken and the fingers are moving.<ref>Andreu, Helen (2003). ''Jazz Dance Styles and Steps for Fun''. Authorhouse. p. 146.</ref>  The arm is often straight.<ref>Kraines, Minda Goodman (2001). ''Jump into Jazz''. Mayfield Publishing Company. p. 39.</ref> [[Gus Giordano]] describes the position as the "palm of the hand facing forward with fingers stretched".<ref>Giordano, Gus (1992). ''Jazz Dance Class: Beginning thru Advanced''. Princeton Book Company. p. xxix.</ref> [[Frank Hatchett]] instructs dancers to "spread fingers (jazz hands); face palms front".<ref>Hatchett, Frank (2000). ''Frank Hatchett's Jazz Dance''. Human Kinetics, p. 26.</ref>

Neither Gus Giordano nor Frank Hatchett include shaking the hands in their description of jazz hands, but a choreographer may specify that the hands are to be shaken—the motion is rapid and fluttering, as if jingling a [[tambourine]].((cn|date=April 2017))

==Sports==
[[Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks]] fans became widely known for the 'Spirit Fingers', when someone has a [[place kick]].<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/tis-the-end-of-the-season-to-be-jolly/news-story/ad08d6995a240a828f0486b0e334daa0|title='Tis the end of the season to be jolly|date=7 September 2008|website=www.couriermail.com.au|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-date=30 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830181705/https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/tis-the-end-of-the-season-to-be-jolly/news-story/ad08d6995a240a828f0486b0e334daa0|url-status=dead))</ref>

==In popular culture==
"Jazz hands" is a common reference in movie riffing.

The novel ''[[Project Hail Mary]]'' features<ref>((Google books|_RH2DwAAQBAJ|Project Hail Mary|page=195|keywords=jazz hands|text=|plainurl=https://www.google.de/books/edition/Project_Hail_Mary/_RH2DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=project+hail+mary+jazz+hands&pg=PT195&printsec=frontcover))</ref> jazz hands as a means of [[interspecies communication]].

Dr. Krieger, a character of [[Archer (2009 TV series)|Archer]], replicates this move in Episode 4.11 "The Papal Chase".

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