TAP STEPS
A STEP HAVING 2 SOUNDS: A BRUSH AND A SPANK
WHAT IS A SHUFFLE?
A TAP & BALLROOM DANCER KNOWN FOR HIS ELEGANT STYLE; HE APPEARED IN MANY FILMS WITH HIS PARTNER, GINGER ROGERS
WHO IS FRED ASTAIRE?
THE SPEED OF A PIECE OF MUSIC
WHAT IS TEMPO?
THE FOUNDER OF SYNCOPATED LADIES
WHO IS CHLOE ARNOLD?
1952 FILM STARRING GENE KELLY, DEBBIE REYNOLDS, & DONALD O'CONNOR
WHAT IS SINGING IN THE RAIN?
A STEP WITH 4 SOUNDS: HEEL, SPANK, STEP, HEEL
WHAT IS A PARADIDDLE? (OR PADDLE)
AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN TAP DANCER FAMOUS FOR HIS ICONIC DANCE ON STAIRS; HE ALSO DANCED WITH SHIRLEY TEMPLE
WHO IS BILL "BOJANGLES" ROBINSON?
A RHYTHM PLAYING THREE NOTES IN THE SPACE OF TWO
WHAT IS A TRIPLET?
TAP DANCER WHO GAINED FAME FROM HER COLLABORATIONS WITH POST MODERN JUKEBOX
WHO IS SARAH REICH?
A MOVIE AND MUSICAL IN WHICH PEGGY SAWYER, A SMALL TOWN GIRL, DREAMS OF TAP DANCING HER WAY TO BROADWAY STARDOM
WHAT IS 42ND STREET?
A STEP HISTORICALLY USED TO SET TEMPO
WHAT IS A TIME STEP?
A TEAM OF TAP DANCING BROTHERS WHO PERFORMED HIGH ENERGY AND ACROBATIC TECHNIQUE
WHO ARE THE NICHOLAS BROTHERS?
THE PATTERN OR ARRANGEMENT OF MUSICAL BEATS AND SILENCE
WHAT IS RHYTHM?
CHILD PRODIGY WHO STARRED IN THE TAP DANCE KID ON BROADWAY & WON A TONY AWARD FOR BEST CHOREOGRAPHY FOR BRING IN 'DA NOISE, BRING IN 'DA FUNK
WHO IS SAVION GLOVER?
A COLE PORTER MOVIE & MUSICAL THAT IS A RETELLING OF SHAKESPEARE'S THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. THE MOVIE STARRED ANN MILLER
WHAT IS KISS ME, KATE?
A STEP THAT CAN BE DONE WITH MANY VARIATIONS BUT BEGINS WITH DIG, SCUFF, HEEL
WHAT IS A RIFF?
KNOWN AS THE QUEEN OF TAP DANCING, SHE STARRED IN SEVERAL MOVIES INCLUDING THE 1936 FILM "BORN TO DANCE"
WHO IS ELEANOR POWELL?
THE 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?
A PERFORMER WHO WAS IN OVER 40 MOVIES INCLUDING WHITE NIGHTS WITH MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV
WHO IS GREGORY HINES?
A 1921 MUSICAL THAT WAS ADAPTED AND RESTAGED IN 2016 WITH CHOREOGRAPHY BY SAVION GLOVER
WHAT IS SHUFFLE ALONG?
TYPICAL WAY TO MAKE A SINGLE STEP INTO A DOUBLE
WHAT IS REPLACE A STEP WITH A FLAP?
THIS TAP DANCER MADE HER FILM TAP DANCE DEBUT AT AGE 6
WHO IS SHIRLEY TEMPLE?
ACCENTING A NOTE OR NOTES THAT WOULDN'T NORMALLY BE ACCENTED; RHYTHMIC STRESSES OR ACCENTS ON THE "OFF BEAT"
WHAT IS SYNCOPATION?
THIS TAP DANCER HOLDS THE GUINNESS BOOK RECORD FOR MOST TAP SOUNDS MADE IN A MINUTE; ALSO FAMOUSLY CHOREOGRAPHED "UNIFIED"
WHO IS ANTHONY MORIGERATO?
THE 1943 FILM THAT FEATURED MANY FAMOUS TAP DANCERS, INCLUDING THE NICHOLAS BROTHERS, PERFORMING WHAT MANY CONSIDER THE GREATEST MUSICAL DANCE NUMBER EVER FILMED
WHAT IS STORMY WEATHER?