Steps
Stepping on the ball of the foot and then dropping the heel
What is a step heel?
The speed of a piece of music
What is tempo?
A series of steps you do in the beginning of each dance class to get your body and mind into dance mode
What is a warmup?
Like running but with 2 sounds on the ball of your foot
What are flaps?
The type of music that tap evolved together with; it is characterized by swing feel
What is jazz music?
Aluminum
What material are taps made of?
2 sounds with the ball of your foot - 1st down, 2nd up (no weight)
What is a shuffle?
Quarter notes, eighth notes, triplets, sixteenth notes
What are subdivisions?
The inventor of a specific type of cramproll (that we practiced earlier this semester)
Who is Jimmy Slyde?
Putting your whole foot onto the floor and shifting your weight onto it
What is a stamp?
The silence between 2 sounds
What is a rest/pause?
Making music through patting the body/clapping/snapping/stomping
What is body percussion?
Switching your center of gravity onto the other foot
What is a weight shift?
1 e and a 2 e and a 3 e and a 4 e and a
What are sixteenth notes?
May 25
When is (Inter-)national Tap Dance Day?