Tap Steps
A step having two sounds: a brush and a spank.
What is a shuffle?
A tap and ballroom dancer known for his elegant style; he appeared in many films with his partner, Ginger Rogers.
Who is Fred Astaire?
What is 8 counts?
A tap step that shares a name with part of a bird
What is wing?
How many sounds are made in a paradiddle?
What is 4?
A step having four sounds: dig, spank, toe (or ball), heel.
What is a paradiddle (or paddle)?
A 1952 film starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor.
What is Singin' in the Rain?
This speed at which music is played and dances are preformed.
What is a tempo?
The name of this tap step is also a nationality
What is Irish?
A Typical rhythm turn makes this many sounds
What is 7?
A step that can be done in place or turning, made up of the movements: step, shuffle, jump, toe-tip.
What is a Maxi Ford?
Founder of the Syncopated Ladies tap group and DC Tap fest
Who is Chloe Arnold?
The pattern or arrangement of musical beats and silence.
What is rhythm?
By doing a pull back like this, it makes 4 sounds instead of just 2
What is syncopated?
A bus stop step (aka Manhattan or Shirley temple) makes how many sounds?
What is 8?
A step historically used to set tempo that repeats for several measures; the basic step is a stomp, hop, step, flap, step.
What is a timestep?
A movie and musical in which Peggy Sawyer, a small-town girl, dreams of tapping her way to Broadway stardom.
What is 42nd Street?
When tap dancers are executing different complimenting steps and sounds at the same time
What is counter rhythms/counter beats?
Two tap steps that also share a name with American Cities
What is Cincinnati and Buffalo?
A shuffle into a syncopated toe stand makes this many sounds
What is 6?
A step having six sounds: step, spank, heel drop, shuffle, heel drop.
What is a Cincinnati?
An African-American tap dancer who brought tap more on its toes; he often danced with Shirley Temple.
Who is Bill "Bojangles" Robinson?
A rhythm that gives unequal weight to beats of the same value; "stressing the upbeat." Often thought of as more laid back.
What is swing rhythm?
The name of a popular, swung tap phrase/combo from the 1920s known around the world.
What is the Shim Sham?
When executing 3 shiggy bops in a row, starting with a stomp on the right foot this many sounds are made total.
What is 10?