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100

Holding the foot off the floor, drop the ball tap, quickly  and lift up off the floor, repeatedly,

What is nerve tap?

100
Brush the toe tap forward, then place the toe tap down, without taking weight.
What is a slap?
100

1. Step, shuffle ball-change.

What is a Waltz Clog?

100

This can be added to a time step to "triple" the pattern.

What is a shuffle?

100

The name for a tap dancer who dances very close to the floor, using mostly footwork and little upper body movement?

What is a hoofer?

200
Brush the toe tap in a backward motion off the floor.
What is spank?
200
A forward brush with the toe tap, followed by a backward brush with the toe tap.
What is a shuffle?
200

Start on the balls of the feet with feet together, scrape both feet outwards and into the air, then spank both feet inwards at the same time and land on the balls of the feet with your feet together

What is a wing?

200

flap, heel, heel, spank heel, toe tip heel

What is a back to broadway?

200

The USA celebrates National Tap Dance Day on May 25. In what year was this signed into law?

What is 1989?

300
Touch the tip of the toe tap to the floor, and lift up?
What is toe tip?
300
Step on the ball of one foot and then quickly step on the ball of the opposite foot.
What is ball-change?
300
1. brush ball tap forward 2. brush same ball tap across the standing leg 3. hop on standing leg 4. step on opposite foot
What is Irish?
300
Pattern: shuffle, step, shuffle, step, shuffle, ball-change, shuffle, step
What is shim-sham?
300

In the film Anchors Aweigh, this man famously performs a tap dance number with the cartoon character, Jerry Mouse?

Who is Gene Kelley?

400
Stepping on the floor with the whole foot, not taking weight, and lifting it back up.
What is a stomp?
400

Step on the ball of the foot and then drop the heel of that same foot.

What is toe-heel?

400

Dig, scuff, heel, toe drop. All on one foot. 

What is a 4-count riff?

400
Pattern: stomp right, hop on left, step right, flap left, step on right
What is stomp time step?
400

A contemporary tap dancer who has choreographed tap for Broadway musicals and movies most notably,  Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk.

Who is Savion Glover?

500
Stepping on the floor with the whole foot down, taking weight.
What is a stamp?
500
Touch the edge of the heel tap on the floor and then brush back the ball tap of the same foot.
What is (heel)dig-spank?
500
In a sideways motion, step, spank dig. Can also be called a toe clip. 

What is bombershay? 

500

In a backwards motion, spank step, forward flap then step side. 

What is a double back essence?

500

Mumble, Gloria, Memphis and Norma Jean are all characters from which tapping movie?

What is Happy Feet?

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