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The basic jazz hands position is defined by open hands with palms facing forward, and the fingers splayed while shaking hands and moving fingers. The arm is often straight, with the fingers spread wide open. This hand position is referred to as the jazz hand. This definition is further bolstered by Gus Giordano defining jazz hands as the "alm of hand facing forward with fingers stretched." It is also repeated again in a similar manner by one of Frank Hatchett's instructions in his jazz dance book: "spread fingers (jazz hands); face palms front."
Neither Gus Giordano nor Frank Hatchett include shaking the hands as part of instruction or as a definition for jazz hands. Such a motion may be used if the choreographer specifies it, in which case the hands may be shaken, as if jingling a tambourine.
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