Tap Figures
A child actress who was prominent in the 1930s. Famous for dancing and singing in her movies.
Shirley Temple
A step with four sounds, a dig, brush, ball, and heel.
Paradiddle
How many sounds are in a syncopated pullback?
4
What step is commonly taught to young children as a "peanut butter"?
Cramproll
Where did tap dance originate?
With enslaved Africans in America.
Due to them not being allowed to practice their own culture or customs, they created hoofing by combining their form of dancing called “Juba” with Irish step dance.
Tap dancing star of "Singing in the Rain".
Gene Kelly
A step with four sounds, a ball, ball, heel, heel.
How many sounds are in a buffalo?
4
This step is notoriously hard to teach/learn and consists of two sounds and a scrape.
Wings
The "anthem" of tap dance, a tap dance everyone should know.
The Shim Sham
Brothers famous for their acrobatic elements and their famous stairs dance.
The Nicolas Brothers
A step with five sounds, a step, brush, brush, leap, toe.
Maxiford
How many sounds are in a double time step?
8
This step has many variations, most of which are named after the amount of sounds they make.
Riffs
What are the two main styles of tap dance?
Broadway and Rhythm Tapping
The tap dancer who provided the tap dancing for the movie Happy Feet.
Savion Glover
A step with three sounds, a scuff, heel, and ball.
Shiggy-dee
How many sounds are in a triple time step?
10
Which step was named after a professional tap dancer that has five sounds.
Gregory Hines
What is the difference between rhythm and broadway style tapping?
Rhythmic tap dancing is known to be close to the floor with small and intricate foot movements. Dancers typically don’t make much use of their upper body. The broadway style of tapping is usually characterized by its big and exaggerated movements as well as its dramatic use of the upper body.
Perhaps one of the most notable tap dancers of all time, someone who helped break down racial segregation within the entertainment industry, who's birthday is now known as national tap dance day.
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
A step with eight sounds, a brush, ball, heel, heel, brush, heel, toe, heel.
Broadway
How many sounds are in a shiggy-bop?
Which step turns and makes eight sounds?
Rhythm Turn
Vaudeville- a light often comic theatrical piece frequently combining pantomime, dialogue, dancing, and song.
Minstrel- an American form of theater that were performed by mostly white actors wearing blackface makeup for the purpose of comically portraying racial stereotypes of African Americans